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Red grub ID please.

coccinellacoccinella Posts: 1,428
in Wildlife gardening
 Does anyone know what it is? Found in last year's salad patch, it is about two cm long and alive.

Luxembourg

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    It's the chrysalis  ... the cocoon of a moth or butterfly ... inside it the caterpillar is turning into the adult moth

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  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    I think it's a moth chrysalis,  but not sure which one.
  • coccinellacoccinella Posts: 1,428
    I have just found another 6! So I shall gently put them somewhere else. Thank you guys!

    Luxembourg
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Yes, if you can't leave them where they are I'd find them as similar spot as possible where they can complete their adventure  :D

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  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    I *think* it's a crysalis, so maybe a moth of some sort?
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    edited March 2021
    Given it was found in your salad patch, it could be the chrysalis of the Bright-line Brown-eye moth, aka 'Tomato moth' which feeds on many plants but loves tomatoes and can be a nuisance in a greenhouse.
    I get these nearly every year and the ones I find in the GH border soil look just like that.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
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