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What the bloody hell is this creature in my outhouse?? [pic]

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CountryMummy1 · 13/05/2015 23:41

Just been outside the feed the cat who has his food in the outhouse. There, hanging from the old pipework are 3 absolutely huge cocoons. They are hideous! Black and more than 4 inches long. They weren't there yesterday. What the hell is going to come out? AIBU to be very worried?

What the bloody hell is this creature in my outhouse?? [pic]
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MrsTedCrilly · 14/05/2015 00:09

I think lithiumfear has got it! It looks too dull to be a cocoon and the soil stuff looks like fungus growth..

KurriKurri · 14/05/2015 00:09

Op is in the Midlands Shock Quick take a photo of yourself standing next to the cocoons wearing a daily mail sad face

Moln · 14/05/2015 00:09

The Midlands?

Erm, where exactly

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CountryMummy1 · 14/05/2015 00:09

The cocoon itself is 4 inches, maybe a touch bigger. I am in the UK I'm afraid so it's obviously something that lives here Shock. If it's fungus of some kind would it appear like that in 24 hours?? with soil around it??

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emmelinelucas · 14/05/2015 00:08

Yup, looks like a moth thingy to me.
It is very big, though

I wouldn't leave the cat in there.
I have never heard of a moth that was so big it could hurt anyone. There could be lots in there.

hiddenhome · 14/05/2015 00:08

It looks untidy and messy. The moth pupae look round and clean.

2boys2girls · 14/05/2015 00:08

Its fungus

TamzinGrey · 14/05/2015 00:07

Calm down OP. Something really pretty is going to emerge from there I'm sure. Perhaps a miniature unicorn with tiny sparkly wings.

lithiumfear · 14/05/2015 00:07

Could it be Cramp Ball Fungus?

WhiffleSqueak · 14/05/2015 00:07

as I typed "huge black cocoon" into google images I was glad of safe search.

DrLego · 14/05/2015 00:06

toxic black mould creatures? don't breathe in

AtomicDog · 14/05/2015 00:06

Please tell me you're in Australia or somewhere tropical?

TheCunkOfPhilomena · 14/05/2015 00:06

Oh god, just a thought but you're not a neighbour of Buffalo Bill are you?

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hiddenhome · 14/05/2015 00:05

Could it be that thing from Jeepers Creepers?

ToadsJustFellFromTheSky · 14/05/2015 00:04

OMG it looks huge! Shock

WorraLiberty · 14/05/2015 00:04

Have a look here. Some are like a hairy, black penis

KurriKurri · 14/05/2015 00:03

Try looking at big beetles - rhinocerous beetle, hercules beetle, people breed them in Uk - they aren;t native. Or I guess it could be a non native moth. Is it four inches including the sort of fluffy bit at the bottom? Event he largest UK native hawk moth does not have a four inch pupa.

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CountryMummy1 · 14/05/2015 00:03

Haha Cunk Grin. That will be me when I go in with my electric fly killer to investigate tomorrow

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WorraLiberty · 14/05/2015 00:03

Looks like a Leopard moth pupa to me.

The hairy looking bits give it away.

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CountryMummy1 · 14/05/2015 00:02

I'm in Midlands, UK

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TheCunkOfPhilomena · 14/05/2015 00:02

I reckon that what you have there is a classic infestation of some of these.

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CountryMummy1 · 14/05/2015 00:01

The black stuff appears to be soil-like stuff I think...and that wasn't there yesterday either. DEAR GOD!!! WHAT THE HELL IS IT! [hyperventilates]

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