On of the things I've discovered about gardening is that you're constantly finding new things to baffle you. It was OK when Cindy was in charge of the garden; she had the knowledge and resources to know where to find answers to those questions. I would wander out into the garden, find something weird, like the space-alien Keelbacked Treehoppers from a decade ago, Cindy would figure out what it was, and then I'd write a blog post about it.
Now that I'm left in charge of things, I have to figure them out for myself.
So what is this thing? I've seen these whitish domes in the garden before, usually on wood or, in this case the bark mulch. They last for a few days, then the top seems to crumble and they gradually deteriorate into a sort of granular dust.
Dome on Thursday, Aug. 31st. |
Two of them appeared in the front yard in the last week. When holes appeared in the top of each of the domes a few days later, I thought they might be insect egg cases.
Same Dome on Sunday, Sept. 3rd. |
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