It&#39;s not a loaf of bread but what is it?

DianneN

@DianneN (254926)

• United States

5 Apr 20

@JudyEv

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@JudyEv (382326)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Apr 20

There are such scaredy cats on this site!!!

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Jhovan M. Dapiton

@JhovanPH (2672)

• Philippines

5 Apr 20

Lol

keep calm ma'am. It's just some sort of flies or insect that's flying around. It wouldn't hurt you

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (222624)

• United States

4 Apr 20

You'll have to let us know what pops out.

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@JudyEv (382326)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Apr 20

There is no difference in it yet.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (117259)

• El Paso, Texas

4 Apr 20

I hope it's a lizard of sorts, I like lizards.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (117259)

• El Paso, Texas

5 Apr 20

Better a lizard than a centipede @JudyEv

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@JudyEv (382326)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Apr 20

I can't imagine that it will be a lizard but you never know your luck!

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@JudyEv (382326)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Apr 20

@rebelann True. It still hasn't altered.

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Sharon

@simone10 (54180)

• Louisville, Kentucky

4 Apr 20

It really does look like a loaf of bread. I wonder if a butterfly will come out of it?

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@JudyEv (382326)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Apr 20

Maybe. I'll be watching it closely.

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@Orson_Kart (8301)

• United Kingdom

5 Apr 20

Yes, it's the chrysalis of the Loaf of Bread Moth.

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@JudyEv (382326)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Apr 20

@Orson_Kart If it looks scary, it will be toast.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

4 Apr 20

I have no idea what insect will venture forth.

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@Orson_Kart (8301)

• United Kingdom

5 Apr 20

"Venture forth"?

Love your choice of words. I would have probably said "emerged"

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

5 Apr 20

@Orson_Kart Thank you. Every so often the writer in me emerges.

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@JudyEv (382326)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Apr 20

I don't have any idea either but I'm hoping I'll catch it emerging.

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Thelma

@thelme55 (79323)

• Germany

4 Apr 20

It looks like a cocoon that would become a butterfly later. I am not sure though.

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@Orson_Kart (8301)

• United Kingdom

5 Apr 20

Cocoon. Is that like a chocolate macaroon?

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@JudyEv (382326)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Apr 20

I couldn't think of 'cocoon' when I was writing the post but it's the word I was looking for.

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Thelma

@thelme55 (79323)

• Germany

5 Apr 20

@cacay1 I have seen something like that when I was in my Philippines garden last year.

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youless

@youless (114117)

• Guangzhou, China

5 Apr 20

I don't know what it is. It does look like a loaf of bread. It also looks like a special coffee bean

I really come from a province where is keen on cuisine and all I can think out is related to the food

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@JudyEv (382326)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Apr 20

I don't think I will chance eating it!!

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caopaopao

@caopaopao (12395)

• China

5 Apr 20

Is it like the picture? The egg mass of mantids and so on?I'm not sure.

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caopaopao

@caopaopao (12395)

• China

6 Apr 20

@JudyEv I expect it to become a beautiful insect.

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@JudyEv (382326)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Apr 20

@caopaopao We will think positively.

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@JudyEv (382326)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Apr 20

The picture is of the thing that is on our front verandah. I think it is the cocoon of some sort of insect.

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Juliaacv

@Juliaacv (56352)

• Canada

4 Apr 20

I think that you are right, its something that has spun a little cocoon around itself.

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Juliaacv

@Juliaacv (56352)

• Canada

5 Apr 20

@JudyEv Unless its a wasp or something that could hurt you.

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@JudyEv (382326)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Apr 20

@Juliaacv It's not the usual type of wasps' nest.

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@JudyEv (382326)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Apr 20

I hope I catch it emerging. Wouldn't that be cool?

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502653)

• Italy

4 Apr 20

You are right, it looks like a tiny loaf of bread, I wonder what it is.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502653)

• Italy

5 Apr 20

@JudyEv I am really curious to know what it is.

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@JudyEv (382326)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Apr 20

I will watch it carefully as I'm very intrigued.

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@JudyEv (382326)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Apr 20

@LadyDuck It hasn't changed today.

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Jekca

@Jessicalynnt (50523)

• Centralia, Missouri

4 Apr 20

that is weird, I have no idea.

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@JudyEv (382326)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Apr 20

Hopefully I might see it emerge one day soon.

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Jekca

@Jessicalynnt (50523)

• Centralia, Missouri

5 Apr 20

@JudyEv yeah I am watching to see you share!

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@JudyEv (382326)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Apr 20

@Jessicalynnt No change yet.

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Jeff Moffitt

@moffittjc (128837)

• Gainesville, Florida

4 Apr 20

I thought it might be some kind of slug, but from your description it sounds like a cocoon of some sort.

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Jeff Moffitt

@moffittjc (128837)

• Gainesville, Florida

5 Apr 20

@JudyEv So I assume you left it in place and are going to keep an eye on it to see what happens?

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@JudyEv (382326)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Apr 20

@moffittjc Yes, it's stuck to the cement. There is no change yet today.

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@JudyEv (382326)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Apr 20

I think a cocoon too now. It hasn't changed at all yet.

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (112864)

• United States

4 Apr 20

Not sure if I have ever seen one of those, so not sure what it could be. Boy, y'all have some strange creatures Down Under.

Don't eat it.

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@JudyEv (382326)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Apr 20

No, I won't eat it.

I'm hoping I'll see it hatch out.

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (112864)

• United States

5 Apr 20

@JudyEv Yeah. I'd be interested in knowing what it turns out to be. Do share if you can.

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@JudyEv (382326)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Apr 20

@porwest No change so far today.

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Arunima Singh

@arunima25 (93194)

• Bangalore, India

5 Apr 20

Definitely looks like a loaf of bread. It's unusual but I feel it's a cocoon. It would be fun to see what hatches out of it. Keep an eye and keep us updated.

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@JudyEv (382326)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Apr 20

@arunima25 Really? That's a long time - but I have plenty of time at the moment.

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@JudyEv (382326)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Apr 20

I think it is a cocoon too. It hasn't altered today.

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Arunima Singh

@arunima25 (93194)

• Bangalore, India

6 Apr 20

@JudyEv Some of them take 3 weeks to one month. It needs some good waiting time.

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@Orson_Kart (8301)

• United Kingdom

5 Apr 20

Could just be poop with a leaf attached? I have often stood in dog poo cunningly hidden by leaves.

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@JudyEv (382326)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Apr 20

No, it's not poop. I know poop when I see it!

CarolDM

@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

4 Apr 20

A cocoon of some type around a leaf.

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@JudyEv (382326)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Apr 20

The leaf is more stuck to it than being within it.

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

5 Apr 20

@JudyEv Nature is so interesting.

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Brenna

@isweartokira (3459)

• United States

6 Apr 20

it's a loaf of bread for a Barbie

but honestly I have no idea what it is

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@JudyEv (382326)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Apr 20

It's still there and no change.

Scott Andersen

@DocAndersen (54399)

• United States

4 Apr 20

or - based on your yard, it is an alien pod and the invasion is soon! :-)

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@JudyEv (382326)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Apr 20

Don't you be rude about our yard. It's a perfectly ordinary yard.

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Scott Andersen

@DocAndersen (54399)

• United States

5 Apr 20

@JudyEv with the most amazing visitors! Aliens are possible!

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Kitycat

@KityCat (7739)

• India

8 Apr 20

So, do you notice any change in it by now ?

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@JudyEv (382326)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Apr 20

I just went and looked. It's just the same.

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Jhovan M. Dapiton

@JhovanPH (2672)

• Philippines

5 Apr 20

There are some sort of Insecsltsbthat flies from. That case. It is famous here, we call it "buyog" in Filipino language but i don't know it in English. Don't worry it won't harm you. Just let it go.

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