8 replies on “What is this thing?”

  1. I don’t know, but after the last rains, a bunch of cedar trees out my way had these things growing on them:

    Only with longer, creepier, slimier tentacles. (If you don’t know what this is, here’s a discussion.)

  2. Yarrgh, image tags don’t go through. Just click on “here’s a discussion” to see what I was trying to share in comment #1.

  3. It looks like a messed up version of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.”

    Janis: Ouch! Poor thing! Wouldn’t you think he’d have noticed something like that though? :)

  4. Don’t you know where baby muppets come from?

    Sheesh. You should have paid more attention in sex ed.

  5. I do believe that is what Rob Schilling looked like before he adopted the ‘Bon Jovi Roadie’ look…

  6. Whatever it is.. cocoon or otherwise.. I’d snip it off before it had a chance to damage that tree or any surrounding it.

    If it’s a cocoon then you can take the budding branch it’s hooked too and pop it into a jar then wait and watch to see what pops out of it. Safer for everything that way.

  7. Saw a few of those at Shaun’s new place in Fluvanna this weekend, but they were on smaller plants and looked almost like they belonged there.

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