What on earth
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Forum Name: What is it?
Forum Description: Seen something in the wild and wondering what it is? This is the place to ask
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Topic: What on earth
Posted By: Iminei
Subject: What on earth
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2016 at 4:32pm
Pruning back the Marsh Marigold in our pond I have discovered some jellylike substance clinging to the underside of one of the stalks nearest the water... Not wanting to ruin the habitat of an amphibian but keen not to be providing a creche for slugs (???) I thought I'd ask you good folk for an ID.... |
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Posted By: Suzy
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2016 at 4:38pm
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No photo?
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Posted By: Iminei
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2016 at 4:51pm
| Sorry....any better??? |
Posted By: will
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2016 at 7:03pm
| looks like pond snail egg capsule to me, maybe? |
Posted By: Iminei
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2016 at 8:06pm
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Do they come out of the water to lay??? There's nothing discernible inside (that I can see)...but then my eyesight has seen ...hahahahaha...better days! Keep or chuck???
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Posted By: will
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2016 at 7:09am
| oops - sorry! I thought you'd lifted the plant out of the water - could be a land snail egg capsule, though I suppose if the water level has dropped at all it could have been laid by a pond snail and then the eggs have been left high and dry-ish. |
Posted By: will
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2016 at 7:10am
...keep? to see what emerges 
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