What in the world are these?

I have been having trouble with one of my plants. So I took it down today to have a look at it (it hangs from the ceiling) and this was what I found.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c174/Mindibun/ew.jpg

It looks as if something has dug a hole at the base of the plant and then sprinkled eggs (?) along its way out.

On this picture there is A) A spoon for size comparison, and B) an arrow following the slope of the dirt and leading down into the hole.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c174/Mindibun/ew2.jpg

They do not look like any lizard eggs I've ever seen. And we only get tiny tree frogs around here. What the heck are they?!

i guess you'll find out when they hatch

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by ClairvoyantDisease

i guess you'll find out when they hatch

---

Thats a scary thought- what if their centapeids or something... I would probably literaly die of fright. lol.

Those look a lot like centipede eggs, although I've never seen them scattered like that. If you're curious to see what they end up being, scoop out the eggs and a bit of soil and put them in a container with small holes to allow air circulation. Otherwise I would strongly recommend disposing of them.

Since you said that you have been having problems with lizards in the house (another post) and they probably are some form of anole, i wonder if they could be anole eggs.

Okay, I'm guessing you're not much of a plant person generally. The 'eggs' are actually fertilizer (likely osmocote or a similar brand). If you got the plant from a nursery or store, then likely they had just gotten around to fertilizing for spring growth. You can wait on them to hatch, but its going to be a looooooong wait. :O

Cheers,
Kat

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by kjhowland

Since you said that you have been having problems with lizards in the house (another post) and they probably are some form of anole, i wonder if they could be anole eggs.

---

Apparently anole eggs like like this:

http://www.humboldt.edu/~rap1/Herps/Lizards/032.jpg

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by janeothejungle

Okay, I'm guessing you're not much of a plant person generally. The 'eggs' are actually fertilizer (likely osmocote or a similar brand). If you got the plant from a nursery or store, then likely they had just gotten around to fertilizing for spring growth. You can wait on them to hatch, but its going to be a looooooong wait. :O

Cheers,
Kat

---

:whisper: I used my own fertilizer months ago. Those have not been there until now. :P

Also, I don't know if "momma" is still buried underneath the plant, and I do NOT want to find out. I'm a wuss. I am petrified of lizards and generally dislike most bugs. So I don't want to go digging around in the soil but it's SO hot here that just leaving the plant outside may kill it. >_< Emotional turmoil!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by janeothejungle

Okay, I'm guessing you're not much of a plant person generally. The 'eggs' are actually fertilizer (likely osmocote or a similar brand). If you got the plant from a nursery or store, then likely they had just gotten around to fertilizing for spring growth. You can wait on them to hatch, but its going to be a looooooong wait. :O

Cheers,
Kat

---

Yep!:gj:

LMFAO, i thought it was fert too :rofl:

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by AshleyB

LMFAO, i thought it was fert too :rofl:

---

It is!:rolleyes:

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by JASBALLS

It is!:rolleyes:

---

looks like it to me, too!

Most anoles lay one or two eggs just slightly smaller than your pinky nail. Those are not eggs.

You've probably washed off the potting soil around the base of the plant and exposed the granules that you see, which I must agree, look like fertilizer.

It's either that or you have mutant snails.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by JASBALLS

Yep!:gj:

---

I replied to her. I know what the little white balls in fertilizer look like. I used my own potting soil when I re-potted this plant. I know for a fact that those were not there at the time of re-potting. They are there now, though. Why would fertilizer magically appear? -lol- Courteous neighbors? :8:

I know tarantula eggs look like that, but they are always in an egg sac. Maybe its some other type of spider or insect or something?

So, you're all thinking they floated to the top when I watered? That sounds ... strange, but I guess not implausible. Except I absolutely do not recall using fertilizer that has those in there. It was just a potting soil mix. I guess I'm crazy.

Does it make a difference that I always water around the outside rim and these "things" are located only in the center, towards the hole?

they look the wrong color to me to be fertilizer.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Mindibun

I replied to her. I know what the little white balls in fertilizer look like. I used my own potting soil when I re-potted this plant. I know for a fact that those were not there at the time of re-potting. They are there now, though. Why would fertilizer magically appear? -lol- Courteous neighbors? :8:

---

I grew up on a farm for 16 years.. You tell me its not weed killer!

Ok, did a lot of googling and found a few things. When you guys said "fertilizer" I immediately started thinking of the little white, and irregularly shaped pelleted ... things... that is found in most soil. (Google tells me this is "Perlite") And obviously, white isn't yellow so I thought you all were insane.

But I did find, on two forums, members asking about insect "eggs" in their soil. They got responses saying that they are NOT eggs, but are "time released fertilizer pellets". One article stated that gardeners are usually surprised to find them because they "show up on their own time frame". Which explains why I didn't see them when I first potted, and now here they are.

So, I guess the final verdict is that they are fertilizer pellets.
Thanks for making me feel like a moron, guys. :rolleyes:

At least I can rest assured that I won't have a hundred baby lizards running around my apartment.

Lol oh well... Try to squish one and make sure :P

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Mindibun

Ok, did a lot of googling and found a few things. When you guys said "fertilizer" I immediately started thinking of the little white, and irregularly shaped pelleted ... things... that is found in most soil. (Google tells me this is "Perlite") And obviously, white isn't yellow so I thought you all were insane.

But I did find, on two forums, members asking about insect "eggs" in their soil. They got responses saying that they are NOT eggs, but are "time released fertilizer pellets". One article stated that gardeners are usually surprised to find them because they "show up on their own time frame". Which explains why I didn't see them when I first potted, and now here they are.

So, I guess the final verdict is that they are fertilizer pellets.
Thanks for making me feel like a moron, guys. :rolleyes:

At least I can rest assured that I won't have a hundred baby lizards running around my apartment.

---

Your not a moron! And there is nothing wrong with posting what you did.. You just didnt know.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by JASBALLS

Your not a moron! And there is nothing wrong with posting what you did.. You just didnt know.

---

I know. I was just teasing. ;) It's good to laugh at yourself every once in a while anyway.

He he he. It's an easy mistake and they DO look like little eggies of something. Here is the brand I was thinking of, although there are several.

http://lawn-and-garden.hardwarestore.com/77-498-dry-plant-food/oscomote-outdoor-and-indoor-plant-food-452102.aspx



Cheers
Kat

Tell ya what though......They do look like Snail eggs!!! :P

- Maybe you're not so crazy after all Mindibun! ;)

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Black Lace

Those look a lot like centipede eggs, although I've never seen them scattered like that. If you're curious to see what they end up being, scoop out the eggs and a bit of soil and put them in a container with small holes to allow air circulation. Otherwise I would strongly recommend disposing of them.

---

From what I recall, centipedes hold on to their eggs...