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Found this when I was trimming back the bushes in the garden this weekend. Anyone know what it is or what has made it as I can’t think of anything I know that looks like this.

Egg things?


 
Posted : 06/04/2022 8:19 pm
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Moth/butterfly eggs. The silk also gives that away 😀


 
Posted : 06/04/2022 8:30 pm
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Rusty tussock moth eggs I think. Or possibly aliens


 
Posted : 06/04/2022 8:32 pm
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Yep Rusty tussock.


 
Posted : 06/04/2022 8:33 pm
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Miniature Alien egg cases - don’t look too close or wear eye protection 😉


 
Posted : 06/04/2022 8:34 pm
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Definitely alien eggs. Pray the Predators turn up soon...


 
Posted : 06/04/2022 8:35 pm
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a colony of googly eyes looking for a new host


 
Posted : 06/04/2022 8:42 pm
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Best thing with those is to run for the hills.


 
Posted : 06/04/2022 8:44 pm
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Always impressed by the knowledge people have round these parts. Rusty tussock looks spot on; for some reason my brain forgot all about non spider things producing silk so I’d never of gotten here by myself.


 
Posted : 06/04/2022 8:46 pm
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Check out the rusty tussock life cycle. It's best described as strange


 
Posted : 06/04/2022 8:52 pm
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Best thing with those is to run for the hills.

I say take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

rusty tussock

Sounds like something you shouldn't Google on a work computer...


 
Posted : 06/04/2022 8:59 pm
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Rusty tussock is the larvae stage of the tunnock tea cake.


 
Posted : 06/04/2022 9:06 pm
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I preferred his early stuff


 
Posted : 06/04/2022 9:10 pm
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I’d be checking in dark corners of the shed for the mother…


 
Posted : 06/04/2022 9:48 pm
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Only reason I know is because I studied/ was part of a sci.publication that discussed adhesion in invertebrates. Lepidopterans and arachnids formed one part of that paper. Bell spiders are another fascinating group, as are caddisfly larvae which form all crazy burrows/ protective casings in a sub-aquatic environment. They use silks and glues.


 
Posted : 06/04/2022 9:49 pm
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Take off and nuc the site from orbit


 
Posted : 06/04/2022 9:51 pm
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Barnacles?


 
Posted : 06/04/2022 9:55 pm
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Not stupid is it, laying them at the base of a pyrocanthus weapon.


 
Posted : 06/04/2022 10:36 pm
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Run like ****


 
Posted : 06/04/2022 10:47 pm
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Nature is freaky and amazing. All at once.


 
Posted : 06/04/2022 10:55 pm
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Not stupid is it, laying them at the base of a pyrocanthus weapon.

Another good spot. I have very mixed feelings about that particular bush, though I probably tend to err on the side of thinking it’s pure evil.


 
Posted : 06/04/2022 11:27 pm
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I have two pyracantha the neighbours cat looks on confused while all the sparrows hide and laugh at him:-D


 
Posted : 07/04/2022 6:34 am
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I'm pretty sure one of Rusty Tussock's songs was played on the R2 Folk Show a few weeks back. Featuring Brett Underleaf on noseflute.


 
Posted : 07/04/2022 8:35 am
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Not good for anyone with Trypophobia.


 
Posted : 07/04/2022 8:57 am

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