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Produce => Wildlife forum => Topic started by: ceres on November 06, 2008, 20:18:57
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I'm moving my pallet compost bins and when I flipped one over today I found this burrowed into the wood. It had eaten it's way in as there was a little trail of sawdust on the surface. When I prised it out there was a tiny white thread protruding from the pointy end. It's hard-bodied, not squidgy. Anyone know what it is please?
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Sorry!
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looks like a chrysalis..not sure what it is but I've found them buried in the soil :)
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This might help a bit... I don't know who's pupa it is though!
http://www.ukleps.org/page4.html
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yes i have also found these in the soil, but don't know which butterfly or moth it belongs to.
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If I find them near nettles or brambles or the compost heap then I leave them. If I find them in the soil where I want to grow things, the chickens get them...