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HELP... Hundreds of strange eggs on my lawn and soil?
ChrisLPW1
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Hi everyone,
This is my 1st post and I'm hoping that some of you kind people may be able to assist me with a problem which has cropped up.
I have discovered a large number (100's maybe 1000's) of little grey eggs on my lawn edges. I've no idea what they are or how to get rid of them and was hoping that somebody else may have come accross this and dealt with it in the past.
I have attached a couple of pictues and look forward to hearing from anyone who can help.
Many thanks,
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They look a bit like slug/snail eggs but those are usually white in small numbers and hidden-did this suddenly appear overnight?
Are you sure they are eggs-what happens when you squeeze one and how big are they?-the picture might be deceiving?
I've never seen anything like that. How sure are you that they're eggs? I'd be looking at some sort of fungi, it being the time of year for fungi rather than eggs.
In the sticks near Peterborough
I must admit, they look silver, and like polystyrene balls to me.
have you actually picked one up, maybe with a spoon to investigate, and prod around? That's what I would do. Let us know what happens. 
I think a bit of scientific prodding is the way to go. smell, texture, content, solid or hollow, anything else you can think of.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thanks everyone for replying.
I've seen them on and off in varying numbers over the last few weeks but it was the massive number of them I noticed today that started me wondering. I've had a closer look and done some 'prod testing' and I think they must be some sort of polystyrene packaging... that said they seem a little heavier than I'd expect polystyrene to be but they are pretty uniformed in consistency, texture etc throughout.
I'll get the car-vac on them and see if they come back... if they do it's either a very strange type of egg, or my neighbour tipping their rubbish!
Thanks again.
I'm sure they're not but they look a little like ticks!
I am super curious to know what these are!
Me too
It doesn't help to identify them but looking at how they're placed, could they have been washed there in heavy rain?
In the sticks near Peterborough
They do lok like packing material to me,but the yellow cornstarch type would break down in wet weather pretty quickly. Are there any in your neighbours gardens? Maybe you could track them down to a local business or something. Very intruiging, I hope you find out soon!