Mystery Cocoon

[Len B]

I think this has been hanging in this tree since last fall, but I didn't notice it until a few days ago, a small bird was hanging on it and trying peck a hole in it. Today it was swinging in the breeze and spinning around as it went back and forth. On the close up pic you can see a leaf that was used to help make it. Do any of you have any idea whats inside ? Len

 

[coreyc]

I'm going to guess spiders

 

[CtTortoiseMom]

That was my thought too Corey. I have seen similar looking cocoons in my wood line and was told it was a type of spider so I did not investigate further.

 

[Laura]

Praying Mantis? but usually they dont hang like that..

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Spiders!

 

[CtTortoiseMom]

How far up in the tree is it? You could try to shine a strong flashlight on it at night and see what creepy crawly outlines you get ..

 

[Robert]

How far up in the tree is it? You could try to shine a strong flashlight on it at night and see what creepy crawly outlines you get ..

She makes fun of my flashlights, but oh boy are they handy!

 

[CtTortoiseMom]

How far up in the tree is it? You could try to shine a strong flashlight on it at night and see what creepy crawly outlines you get ..

She makes fun of my flashlights, but oh boy are they handy!

Nerd.

 

[Len B]

It's about 7 ft up, I just tried the flashlight an can't see through it. I didn't know spiders made cocoons like this, have never seen any large spiders here at the beach but have a lot of black widows, they are everywhere and I can't bring myself to kill them,just try to remember where they are when I find them or move them if they are in a spot where someone else could get bit.Len

 

[Yvonne G]

I don't think its a spider. They don't morph into something else. They come out of the egg sac in the shape of a spider and when they die, they're still in the shape of a spider.

However, I did find this where a wasp makes a spider spin a cocoon:

http://www.morgellons-disease-resea...age-Board/insects/5143-parasitic-spiders.html

And then there's this one:

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...dsp=25&ved=1t:429,r:16,s:148&biw=1272&bih=809

 

[dmarcus]

for sure spiders, I see them in the trees a lot in the summer..

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

How far up in the tree is it? You could try to shine a strong flashlight on it at night and see what creepy crawly outlines you get ..

She makes fun of my flashlights, but oh boy are they handy!

Nerd.

LOL,

 

[Tom]

Some kind of tent moth?

 

[Fernando]

A sulcata???

 

[Maggie Cummings]

A sulcata???

OMG! That's just what we need, Sulcata falling from trees...Look out below!

 

[jensgotfaith]

A sulcata???

OMG! That's just what we need, Sulcata falling from trees...Look out below!

Ok that was so funny I tried to stifle my laugh but instead I snorted and woke up my hubby! I'm still cracking up!