What on earth is this???

liannenc · July 17, 2011

This isn't really "tomato pest related" (at least I don't think so), but my friend found this in her bean bed today and no one seems to have any idea what sort of critter this might have been/become. She said it's an empty pupa case. Can anyone identify it?

Keiththibodeaux · July 17, 2011

I saw one of those on Star Trek the other day. Sorry, I forgot which planet it came from and its proper name.

bcday · July 17, 2011

How big is it? A ruler or a small coin next to it for scale helps.

liannenc · July 17, 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by bcday

How big is it? A ruler or a small coin next to it for scale helps.

I'll find out and update as soon as I get the info.

Keith, until we find out for sure we're all calling it The Bodysnatcher.

liannenc · July 17, 2011

My friend says it's 1.5" long x 3/8" wide.

fortyonenorth · July 17, 2011

It looks like a pupae casing of a large insect - maybe a Midas Fly??

huntoften · July 17, 2011

Maybe a cicada larva

beatpoet · July 18, 2011

Could also be a crane fly pupa

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huntoften Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Kansas CIty Posts: 560	Maybe a cicada larva __________________ Kansas City, Missouri Zone 5b/6a

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beatpoet Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 214	Could also be a crane fly pupa __________________ "After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." - Aldous Huxley

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Keiththibodeaux Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Louisiana Posts: 587	I saw one of those on Star Trek the other day. Sorry, I forgot which planet it came from and its proper name.

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bcday Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NY z5 Posts: 1,205	How big is it? A ruler or a small coin next to it for scale helps.

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liannenc Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Zone 7b in Concord, North Carolina Posts: 76	My friend says it's 1.5" long x 3/8" wide.

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fortyonenorth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: NW Indiana Posts: 1,150	It looks like a pupae casing of a large insect - maybe a Midas Fly??