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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?

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TheCunkOfPhilomena · 14/05/2015 07:40

OP is now one of them. Fare thee well OP.

TheTravellingLemon · 14/05/2015 07:41

Who has read this thread and considered whether we should just bomb the Midlands? Be honest now.

MyCarHasBrokenDownAgain · 14/05/2015 07:42

Tweet these folks a pic, they'll help I'm sure:

Buglife

TwartFaceBeetj · 14/05/2015 07:45

Yes bomb it. sorry but it's for everyones safety, we'll have to send in the military to help with evacuation.

ThatIsNachoCheese · 14/05/2015 07:47

Totally place marking...

sandgrown · 14/05/2015 07:49

Please do not destroy them. If they are moths they will hatch soon and fly off. They will not harm you. If you have a local zoo/butterfly house ask them for advice.

southeastastra · 14/05/2015 07:50

cute, keep posting updates, try and film it hatching

LongDistanceLove · 14/05/2015 07:54

I'm on the bus reading the thread like this

What the bloody hell is this creature in my outhouse?? [pic]
ditavonteesed · 14/05/2015 07:56

what hideen said, go on I dare you

aderynlas · 14/05/2015 08:02

Im hoping the poster who said little unicorns would appear was right. How nice that would be.

StillaChocoholic · 14/05/2015 08:02

You need to set up a live feed so we can see what happens Grin

aprilshowersbringmayflowers · 14/05/2015 08:05

don't poke it/hurt it! it's clearly rare, as none of us know what it is...

LouisaJF · 14/05/2015 08:06

Surely you need to call pest control or similar. They can identify it and either safely remove it or tell you what to do with it.

TwartFaceBeetj · 14/05/2015 08:08

It's type of hawk moth as a few pp have mentioned already

What the bloody hell is this creature in my outhouse?? [pic]
What the bloody hell is this creature in my outhouse?? [pic]
What the bloody hell is this creature in my outhouse?? [pic]
Pispcina · 14/05/2015 08:08

I agree, DO NOT POKE.

Poor things. They are not harming you.

yet

Please just leave them alone, they will hatch in due course.

I can't understand folk who go around killing things for fun Sad

icelollycraving · 14/05/2015 08:08

Don't poke it/cut it!! You will hurt whatever is growing. It's babies!!

flanjabelle · 14/05/2015 08:12

Eugh. Fuck that.

CatsCantTwerk · 14/05/2015 08:13

I think I would be moving out!

I don't think it is fungus, it is a cocoon of some sort.

YouPooPooBumBum · 14/05/2015 08:14

A Mogwai/gremlin?

DustBunnyFarmer · 14/05/2015 08:14

Nope, she's just mutating. You've had your early warning.Time to get a head start.

Meechimoo · 14/05/2015 08:16

Where's Sigourney Weaver? For the love of God, we need Sigourney

Skiptonlass · 14/05/2015 08:18

It looks like a king Alfred's cake fungus.

MTBMummy · 14/05/2015 08:18

Definitely don't poke! Something is just going from one form to another

My guess is a beetle of some sort, we had some huge ones in our old house.

dillite · 14/05/2015 08:19

Can't we just bomb Midlands just to be on the safe side?

Skiptonlass · 14/05/2015 08:21

If you take a knife and cut one open,mand it has sort of silver rings inside, it's a king Alfred's cake ....Daldina concentrica.

Go get a knife! How can you resist??

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