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10-10-2010, 10:40 PM
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| | | capsule
What is this, found on moorland in S. Uist weird and if you look at it closely there are what looks like fungi growing from it but very tiny.  |
12-10-2010, 05:10 PM
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| | | Re: capsule
Was it found in Woodland, moorland, shoreline, streamside, - lately or in the summer, etc etc ?
Looks a bit like an Oak Gall.... |
13-10-2010, 06:49 PM
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| | | Re: capsule
Yes - uhhh, soreeee -reread it & yes it's Moorland....( tired I guess)
So really - after my 'stab', I really haven't a Clue, sorry.
You could 'dissect' it , - it could be an Owl pellet ? |
14-10-2010, 07:29 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: On the southern boundary of the Lake District National Park.
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| | | Re: capsule
If it was attached to a plant it was probably a gall. |
14-10-2010, 09:34 PM
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| | | Re: capsule
Was,nt solid so not a gall was wondering if it could be egg case of sorts any ideas thanks |
14-10-2010, 09:45 PM
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| | | Re: capsule
Looks like it's incorporated stands of sphagnum moss in its construction. There's growing bits poking out.
Jim |
15-10-2010, 06:59 AM
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| | | Re: capsule
I think you're both near the mark by observational reasoning. I did note the sphagnum but thought that a growing gall might have encapsulated foliage but then couldn't think of a gall growing on sedge, grass or moss that looked like this.
My revised view is that it is a pupal case of one of the moorland moths - Emperor or Fox moth perhaps? These are spun cocoons with a detached pupa inside. Hopefully a mothy person will be along soon to proffer an opinion. | | |
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