Nice photo of what country folks recognize as a egg pod secreted by a praying mantis. This is the time of year they put these pods of developing baby mantis eggs in secure locations that camouflage them. And sometimes in places that do not. The carapace developed/secreted around the eggs is both flexible and quite durable and glued on with natural super glue.
So— they have mantis on Mars? Any nasa types posit this? Living on exactly what?