What in the world are these?

[ADEE]

LMFAO, i thought it was fert too

[JASBALLS]

LMFAO, i thought it was fert too

It is!

[python.princess]

It is!

looks like it to me, too!

[wilomn]

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.

[Mindibun]

Yep!

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?

[Corrupter]

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?

[Mindibun]

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?

[snakelady]

they look the wrong color to me to be fertilizer.

[JASBALLS]

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?

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

[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.

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