To not let DD back in her room tonight? Freaked out.... what is this?

[tastylancs]

DH just gone away for three days, otherwise he would talk me down I’m sure. But right now it’s just me and the DC and I’ve opened DDs room to discover this.... nest? Chrysalis? It’s about 5cm x 3cm. Help!

I’m going to have to install the app to see the pics

It couldn't be more clearly a snail. You can see the shell. It's just got a dusty or cobwebby shell. You can even see it's foot on the top left.

Maybe you can only see the photos if you're in Lancashire

I reckon it was a giant moth...just out and about looking for love. Only you were out so he had to pupate prematurely! Have a heart op!

Mia could it possibly we the beginnings of a swallows nest? We’ve had a lot of swallows here recently.

Can you get really close and take another pic? Even if it’s on the end of a selfie stick or something? Or zoom in big and take another photo?

I think snail too. I think he has been crushed so that stuff has stuck to his shell, but has managed to crawl up the wall. It isn’t a nest, they don’t stick to walls like that. He is a poor, injured snail who needs to be outside eating rhubarb.

It looks like it’s covered in cobwebs, poor thing

It really does look like a vertically mounted zoo turd with a crust of mould....perhaps a zebra or giraffe wandered by?

It's a Haggis!!!

Rarely seen outside of their native Scotland I believe

Defo a snail after seeing the last pic.

God you lot are making me laugh with your smints and lettuce leaves.

My current panic is that next time I open the door it will just have GONE.

No I can't see the other pics, but see my screenshot for their response to the first.

The app is weird

If it is a moth, get the glass/card and get it out (I hate the things)

We had one last year mahoooooosive thing, it was fluttering round our bedroom lampshade , I thought it was a mouse , the noise it made.

I sort of swiped at it, it flew behind DH wardrobe and its still there , a year later

This is such a funny thread, it’s a bit “cancel the cheque” with reams of “it’s a snail” to which the OP is adamant it is NOT a snail. Love it.

So the pest control expert also suggests poking it. Lol. I let her know after, that it's not on my wall.

But you can see pics on the app and I’ve tried to screenshot them but they don’t seem to be uploading

Have you moved out yet OP?

Not a chance I would spend the night i a house with that!

👀

Yes, he is webby and dusty. He has been brought into the house somehow and has managed to crawl up the wall. I’ve had this in my house. They do look surprising with the webby, dirty shell, but he is just a garden snail.

Definitely looks like a snail. They hibernate so it's probably been hiding in a dusty nook in your house all winter. Attic or somewhere.

That second pic still looks like a large garden snail, from the back end of the shell. It's the size of a large snail... Because it's a large snail. They can be absolutely festooned with crap, they hibernate over winter.

It doesn't need a towel - FFS you'll be giving it a guest soap next.

You have to catch it. What will you do if next time you go to check... it’s gone

@tastylancs what do YOU think it is?