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What is this cotton wool like substance ?

Connacht · 2011-05-16 14:21:42

I saw this in a hedge by the seaside last year on June bank holiday weekend. Is it the work of some kind of insect ?

16-05-2011 3:21pm

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Connacht

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I saw this in a hedge by the seaside last year on June bank holiday weekend. Is it the work of some kind of insect ?

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#2 16-05-2011 3:35pm

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bog cotton

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#3 16-05-2011 4:19pm

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Thanks mg, but it isn't bog cotton. Bog Cotton is a grass-like sedge that grows on the open bogs, with its own stem.

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#4 16-05-2011 5:40pm

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Looks like some kind of eggs (insect) if you look really closely you can see tiny black dots in it, not sure what though.

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#5 16-05-2011 5:41pm

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I think it may be plant seeds such as willow caught in the hedge. The brown bits are the remains of the seed heads.

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#6 16-05-2011 7:21pm

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Yeah, I just don't know. The first picture shows the full extent of it. The hedge is well over 100m long, but the stuff was only in this 1m wide stretch. I would think that rules out wind blow, no ? I should have investigated closer, but didn't have the time.

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#7 16-05-2011 9:25pm

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yes it's willow seeds

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