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What are these weird things that I found under the dirt in my yard?

Posted on 05/29/2008 9:31:26 PM PDT by wideminded



TOPICS: Agriculture; Gardening; Outdoors; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: bigdingleberries; callingartbell
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To: blackbart.223
Alien pods. Call Art Bell.

That was my initial response too! Hehe.
21 posted on 05/29/2008 9:51:39 PM PDT by divine_moment_of_facts ( If there were no Cowards.. there would be no Bullies.)
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To: KarlInOhio; wideminded
If you found these several inches deep, I agree with Karl and it was my first impression that they are cicada pupae. Have you ever seen nice round holes in your yard, which is what I see after a cicada imergence?
22 posted on 05/29/2008 9:51:42 PM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde ("When the government fears the people there is liberty ... " Thomas Jefferson)
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To: La Enchiladita

The white creatures sound like grubs and made quite nice fish bait, but not nice additions to the garden. ;-)


23 posted on 05/29/2008 9:53:08 PM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde ("When the government fears the people there is liberty ... " Thomas Jefferson)
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To: wideminded

What do they taste like?


24 posted on 05/29/2008 9:53:33 PM PDT by budwiesest (Don't bug me man, can't you see I'm working here? And what not.)
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To: wideminded

25 posted on 05/29/2008 9:55:53 PM PDT by JRios1968 ("If you go over a cliff with all flags flying, you are still going over a cliff"--Ronald Reagan)
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To: JustaDumbBlonde

Grubs.... fish bait... right. I had to think really hard to remember. Yuk, I guess I wouldn’t enjoy fishing then.


26 posted on 05/29/2008 9:57:40 PM PDT by La Enchiladita
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To: gardengirl; Gabz

Ping


27 posted on 05/29/2008 9:59:21 PM PDT by La Enchiladita
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To: robomatik
I lived in cicada central in 1987. Those were a few awful weeks. In 2004, my new neighborhood was relatively cicada free so I could sleep with my windows open, unlike some of my friends who were suffering from Post Traumatic Cicada Disorder by the time the breeding season was done.
28 posted on 05/29/2008 10:00:24 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Pray for Rattendaemmerung: the final mutually destructive battle between Obama and Hillary in Denver)
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To: La Enchiladita

LOL! I use the fake plastic grubs when one is necessary. Not a big live grub fan myself.


29 posted on 05/29/2008 10:00:27 PM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde ("When the government fears the people there is liberty ... " Thomas Jefferson)
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To: wideminded

Gifts from our rabbit friends :>)


30 posted on 05/29/2008 10:01:05 PM PDT by irishtenor (Check out my blog at http://boompa53.blogspot.com/)
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To: KarlInOhio
"Post Traumatic Cicada Disorder"

LOL.

31 posted on 05/29/2008 10:02:28 PM PDT by robomatik ((wine plug: renascentvineyards.com cabernet sauvignon, riesling, and merlot))
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To: divine_moment_of_facts
"That was my initial response too! Hehe."

At least you caught them in time. Step on them and we will all be safe.

32 posted on 05/29/2008 10:05:15 PM PDT by blackbart.223 (I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
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To: wideminded
Do not fall asleep


33 posted on 05/29/2008 10:10:46 PM PDT by Pylon (Remember boys, flies spread disease, so keep yours closed.)
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To: wideminded

I remember those from my childhood in my Houston neighborhood. It was weird that the pointed end of them did move around when picked up.


34 posted on 05/29/2008 10:45:39 PM PDT by Moonmad27 (Simplify, simplify, simplify. H.D. Thoreau)
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To: wideminded

Definitely moth pupae.

A Google image search for moth pupae will show a number of similar examples.


35 posted on 05/29/2008 10:48:42 PM PDT by Drammach (Freedom - It's not just a job, It's an Adventure)
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To: wideminded
Put 'em back! They'll be crawlin' out of the ground soon enough!


36 posted on 05/29/2008 10:54:31 PM PDT by uglybiker (I do not suffer from mental illness. I quite enjoy it, actually.)
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To: wideminded

Mexican jumping beans that were buried in 1969.


37 posted on 05/29/2008 10:58:34 PM PDT by Cedar
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To: wideminded

That seems Cicada. The 17 year is out this year. There is a 13 year that made an enormous presence a couple years ago.


38 posted on 05/29/2008 11:04:38 PM PDT by eyedigress
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To: dayglored
And here I thought it was a political forum.

Yes, but I don't feel too bad - five years here and I have only put up two vanity threads. And this is getting more replies than some of my political threads.

39 posted on 05/29/2008 11:05:57 PM PDT by wideminded
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To: wideminded; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
Lindsey Graham's testicles.


40 posted on 05/29/2008 11:10:51 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Code Pink should guard against creating stereotypes in the Mincing Community." --Titan Magroyne)
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