Strange growth (1 Viewer)

Jon Turner

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• Aug 9, 2015

• #1

We found this growing on a wooden chair in a reserve I warden the other day.
Fungi or other? It is quite hard to the touch.

 

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Peter C.

...just zis guy, you know?

• Aug 9, 2015

• #2

Think it's some sort of egg case, Jon. Mantids make something like that (only different shape) out of foam, which then hardens.

 

Nutcracker

Stop Brexit!

• Aug 9, 2015

• #3

Some moth cocoons also look like this. Assuming the reserve is in Devon, it can't be a mantid, either

 

Jon Turner

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• Aug 9, 2015

• #4

Thanks folks. I have seen Mantid egg cases (abroad) and thought this might be a possibility, but as you point out Nutcracker, thought it highly unlikely in Debbun!!
What sorts of moths produce this then?

EDIT a quick Google search shows Puss Moth producing just such a cocoon!:t:

 

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