What am I?

[Ken Childs]

Canon EOS REBEL T1i
Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro
Av mode
1/50"
F22
ISO:400
Canon 430EX w/homemade softbox attached: On, Fired
LR & CS3
Tripod

I know what this is but do you? Hint: it's related to something else I've posted recently. Steve, you probably know what it is so if you do, please hold off on giving away the answer. :D

Shaded the subject with some of that thin sheet foam used for packing fragile things. BG is a print of some blurred grass.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Ken, it looks like a praying mantis' egg case to me. Hope you can shoot the youngsters in the spring. It looks quite fresh.

[Steve Maxson]

I think Andrew nailed it, Ken. :)

[Ken Childs]

Well that didn't take long! :)

This was on the pepper plant where I found the first large female. I now have 2 big females living on my Lantana bush.