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What is this? Found while digging…

EscapetothegardenEscapetothegarden Posts: 188
in Problem solving
Hello

Dug this up, any ideas? 
Thanks!


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  • SherwoodArrowSherwoodArrow Posts: 284
    It’s a moth pupa, sometimes they wiggle 🙂.
    Nottinghamshire.
    Failure is always an option.

  • EscapetothegardenEscapetothegarden Posts: 188
    Thank you! @SherwoodArrow 👍
  • didywdidyw Posts: 3,573
    It's a bit freaky when they wriggle!  If I unearth any of these the blackbird or robin who are always in attendance when I'm in the garden generally have them.
    Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.
  • EscapetothegardenEscapetothegarden Posts: 188
    I’ll pop it in the bird feeder then! 👀
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Probably one of the Noctuidae moths. There's quite a few species and they're mostly variations on brown and fluffy but there are some really pretty ones as well and they're all good pollinators. When I disturb them I tend to keep pupa like this safe in a bug box in the shady, humid corner of the greenhouse until they pupate.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236
    My sentiments to, if re buried it could turn into something beautiful.
  • EscapetothegardenEscapetothegarden Posts: 188
    Thank you, I will put it away 👍 
  • EscapetothegardenEscapetothegarden Posts: 188
    I didn’t intend to be insensitive, I don’t know much about moths other than from a dislike of moths in clothes and the fact that birds eat them!
  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,630
    I think only two species eat clothes & carpets etc, and the pupae look like grains of rice (we had the little buggers and didn't know for months!). The rest need helping, so I'm glad you're looking after it. 😊
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