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28-09-2009, 06:04 AM
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| |  strange egg deposit
I saw this 'arrive' this morning at the edge of the skirting. In the picture, the 'flat' areas at each end are where I touched it and there seems to have been some dissolving from this. Upon touching, it is very very cold!
There is what appears to be an entry or exit hole on the left front.
Does anyone know from what insect or animal this is from and if it is a collection of eggs or there is something living inside.
Is it safe? Should I remove it? Should I transfer it to somewhere safe for it to be?
I have never seen this before.
Very curious.cheers for info.  |
28-09-2009, 06:41 AM
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| | | Re: strange egg deposit
Are you sure it's not a fungus? There are some that look remarkably similar... |
28-09-2009, 06:49 AM
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| | | Re: strange egg deposit
logical answer I grant you. However the 'coating' is made up of individual sphere globes and it is unnaturally cold to touch. I don't know of any plant/fungal species that can create such cold temperatures indoors in the UK.
in addition, the area where it is, is dry and warm (room temp) and with free flowing air. |
28-09-2009, 07:27 AM
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| | | Re: strange egg deposit
well it seems it is a fungus after all.
it appears to be drying out and those spheres are in fact the tips of stalks. But it is very curious that it is SO cold. |
28-09-2009, 08:52 AM
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| | | Re: strange egg deposit
it has now gone a soft pink colour. |
28-09-2009, 09:29 AM
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| | | Re: strange egg deposit
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Originally Posted by jasonb  it has now gone a soft pink colour. | Ooh, how cute!  It's beginning to sound more like a slime mould, I think, but I don't know too much about those things.
It reminds me of a fluffy pink cushion that grew on our electricity meter when I was little. It ended up producing little orange blobs of liquid on the ends of its hairs. |
28-09-2009, 10:45 AM
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| | | Re: strange egg deposit
it went a darker and darker pink and then just melted. most odd indeed. i had a look under the floor where is was and it's quite dry. It stayed very very cold through out. Never seen anything like it, in RL or tv etc.
I googled fungus pictures but saw nothing that resembled it in any way.
Hope it's not an invasion of body snatchers lol.
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