WTH are these?

CatDaddy

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Was digging around in the garden today and found these.....thought they were bulbs but to my surprise they moved in my hand when I went to show the kids.

I think I know what they are, but wondering if you do?

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I'm not positive but I think those are Moth cocoons . Those big ones that look like butterflies
 

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They were very hard and segmented....I'm thinking not moth Davey.

Maybe closer to a graboid?

If it helps, the pointy end moved when I grabbed the rounded end....
 
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Put them in a clear quart jar with some dirt they came out of and see what you get. The Bio learning goes on for the kids.
 

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Most of the large moth have cacoons and belong to the same family as the Japanese silk moth. The only large moth crysalis that I can think of is the Sphingidae family which is the hawk moth or sphinx moth.These are the moths that so many people mistake for a hummingbird. Our most common is the tomatoe hornworm.
 
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Put them in a clear quart jar with some dirt they came out of and see what you get. The Bio learning goes on for the kids.

That was me when I was a kid, I liked everything nature related. I brought one to show and tell and we hatched it in the room but someone let it go before I got to see it. Another time I found a cool wasp nest that I was going to bring to show and tell but it had an odor so left it outside and grabbed it on the way to the bus , Once it warmed up we had a swarm of mad wasps in the bus and bus driver threw my prize nest in the ditch.
 

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Cat Daddy did you see the bear in Casselton ? Saw on the news a couple days ago there was one in your area .
 

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I was thinking some early stage cicada....looks very much like their pupae.

http://thehouseholdpests.org/cicada-cocoon.html

Davey - I did not hear about the bear! I'll have to go look it up now....been so busy gardening I probably wouldn't have heard it walk up before it mauled me!
 
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That was me when I was a kid, I liked everything nature related. I brought one to show and tell and we hatched it in the room but someone let it go before I got to see it. Another time I found a cool wasp nest that I was going to bring to show and tell but it had an odor so left it outside and grabbed it on the way to the bus , Once it warmed up we had a swarm of mad wasps in the bus and bus driver threw my prize nest in the ditch.
You sir were a trouble maker.:::
 


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CatDaddy, do you have a little white dog and a deep sistern?
 

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