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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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MrBloomFantasies · 14/05/2015 10:55

sitting here also in the midlands i'm not eyeing my shed suspiciously..

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CountryMummy1 · 14/05/2015 10:56

Close up

What the bloody hell is this creature in my outhouse?? [pic]
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londonrach · 14/05/2015 10:56

Sorry stay i pm mnhq first thing this morning for classic nomination and to put them off their cornflakes... (Evil laugh..). Come on op photos...

CaTsMaMmA · 14/05/2015 10:56

you touched it???

actually really touched it?

You. Are.Doomed.

hth.

londonrach · 14/05/2015 10:57

Have you a ruler or tape measure to give scale please

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CountryMummy1 · 14/05/2015 10:57

And with hand (I was very brave!)

What the bloody hell is this creature in my outhouse?? [pic]
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SoupDragon · 14/05/2015 10:57

Don't poke it.

You might anger the mother.

timeforabrewnow · 14/05/2015 10:58

Wowser - that is big!

WellErrrr · 14/05/2015 10:58

You're insane.

WellErrrr · 14/05/2015 10:59

Do you think the mother is watching you as you type??

Doggygirl · 14/05/2015 10:59

This thread is fascinating me and massively freaking me out.

Those things are the stuff of nightmares.

FernGullysWoollyPully · 14/05/2015 11:00

Ugh...shudder...you need bleach for those hands now!

MrsEricBana · 14/05/2015 11:02
Shock
gotredonyou · 14/05/2015 11:02

ughhh It's making me itch!

BoreOfWhabylon · 14/05/2015 11:02

Oh, it's got to be a fungus, surely?

Looks like it's inside the walls and bursting outwards

OP, is the fungus-infected outhouse attached to your house?

grapejuicerocks · 14/05/2015 11:02

Anyone else hoping it isn't just boring old mould?

highlighta · 14/05/2015 11:02

I am going to guess at some type of weird ant nest... the fact that they have taken soil in, i reckon there are plenty of what is in there as in thousands, in there..... to build something like that overnight.

I am not helping am I..... Wink

Absofrigginlootly · 14/05/2015 11:04

Wow that is huge!
Why don't you email the pics to an insect expert (I'm sure a quick google search would find you lots of university links).

Don't poke them though you might kill or stress it. It might be a rare species..... Let's be honest, if there was a species of man-eating months in the UK we would have heard of them! I'm sure you're in no danger!!!!

Degustibusnonestdisputandem · 14/05/2015 11:05

that is pretty big! Sorry am a bit stumped as my knowledge is Aus-based, rather than UK. I would say perhaps hawkmoth of some sort, as others have suggested.

Moreisnnogedag · 14/05/2015 11:06

Actually I think it might be worse if it's mould because only evil mould looks like that. You would have to burn the outhouse down rather than just run away from a moth.

Moreisnnogedag · 14/05/2015 11:07

Ah no abso we've never heard of man-eating moths because there's been no survivors...

Degustibusnonestdisputandem · 14/05/2015 11:07

www.nhm.ac.uk/take-part/identify-nature.html

Degustibusnonestdisputandem · 14/05/2015 11:08

I really have no idea! Smile

EamesTheFatGingerCat · 14/05/2015 11:09

This is scaring the shit out of me :/

EnjoyTheSimpleThingsInLife · 14/05/2015 11:10

How could you put your hand next to that thing argghhhh

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