Well, not really, but I made you look, didn't I?
I found this unusual cocoon on heather near the local peat bog:
Olympus Stylus 1s, 42mm, ISO200, f8, 1/125s
I have never seen such a cocoon before. Does anyone know what manner of beast makes such cocoons?
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My dad used to pay us to harvest 'bagworms' off the spruce trees, which looked similar. Never knew the real term for them, since I was too short to read. But there are no doubt many tent/bag caterpillars around. So I'm guessing all THAT is of no help here...
I've seen a horror movie about a similar cocoon :))
I'll avoid the area from now on 8-).
What are the dimensions on that?
The cocoon is about 3cm (1.2") long.