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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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MagicMojito · 13/05/2015 23:44

Yep, I'd be shitting myself too if I were you!! Shock

HeartShapedBox · 13/05/2015 23:44

No idea, but urgh, they look vile!

legolegolego · 13/05/2015 23:45

Oh my goodness.

Remembermyname · 13/05/2015 23:45

They look terrifying!

ClaimedByMe · 13/05/2015 23:45

Well I won't sleep now tonight after seeing that Shock

Can you move house in the next few hours?

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CountryMummy1 · 13/05/2015 23:46

I feel as if I am about to star in some sort of insect-based horror film Shock

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hiddenhome · 13/05/2015 23:46

That would be your basic eggsac.

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CountryMummy1 · 13/05/2015 23:47

The bloody cat keeps sniffing it! I am expecting a creature to suddenly burst out and consume said cat.

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CountryMummy1 · 13/05/2015 23:47

Egg sac of what exactly???? [shits oneself]

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2LittleFishes · 13/05/2015 23:48

Omfg.... I'd have ran screaming Shock

Have you tried Google?? I'm too scared for you to look!!

WhiffleSqueak · 13/05/2015 23:48

I am a country bumpkin type and consider myself pretty unflappable in this department but I am flummoxed.

if you fail to update when it hatches I will assume it has eaten you.

Moln · 13/05/2015 23:48

Aliens.

QueenArseClangers · 13/05/2015 23:48

Imperial moth chrysalis?

FyreFly · 13/05/2015 23:48

I can't see the pic too well on my phone, but is there any chance it's a fungus of some sort? They can grow extremely quickly. What rough size is it (you don't have to go at it with a tape measure, just a guess)?

MissBattleaxe · 13/05/2015 23:49

Set fire to the outhouse and then move town. Simple!

hiddenhome · 13/05/2015 23:49

I dunno, I was just quoting a line from Arachnophobia Grin

I wonder if they're moths. You can get huge moths.

They're not spiders, I know that much.

CurlyhairedAssassin · 13/05/2015 23:49

Have you ever seen the Mothman prophecy? Grin

FyreFly · 13/05/2015 23:50

Sorry just seen the rest of Op (stupid phone) that size does sound like it could be a fungus?

PoppyFleur · 13/05/2015 23:50

Bolt the door to the outhouse and never ever return to it....

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CountryMummy1 · 13/05/2015 23:50

I considered Imperial Moth after extensive googling but it seems....less shiny that an IM cocoon.

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CountryMummy1 · 13/05/2015 23:51

It's 4/4.5 inches long

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MysticMugBug · 13/05/2015 23:52

what the Jeff is that?!

hiddenhome · 13/05/2015 23:52

Cut one open to find out.

WhiffleSqueak · 13/05/2015 23:52

I think you're going to have to burn your outhouse down.

only reasonable course of action.