What is this? Or, possibly, what are these on a post in the Potting Shed?
So far they could be – according to Google:
- Bagworm egg cases
- Bee moth cocoons
- South African praying mantis eggs (not in North Wales surely?)
They are smallish – larger than a 1p coin, smaller than 2p – made of sawdust probably scraped off same pole; and rock hard (I hit one with a long metal pole and it didn’t make a dent). They remind me of limpets at the seaside!
Ideas please in case I have to protect my shed from wood boring insects, or ourselves from something bitey or stingy and very angry that I smacked it.
*University Challenge
Aliens!
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Was the post repurposed? Because they look like the points of contact left behind when you tear ivy off its support.
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No, it was a new post (in 1999) and has been covered since 2007 (ish).
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I have no idea what they could be, but I think they look more like a fungus than an insect egg, and definitely not a praying mantis egg case.
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Really weird. Does it move or change over the days ?
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I only noticed them today, Fred. I’ll keep an eye on them.
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