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The little guy I plucked this morning decided to come out for a visit!

Beautiful flower @Smart Red.

Thanks @digitS'. Do you think that means I can leave them? I don't mind them taking nibbles as long as they don't annihilate the bush (such as squash bugs in a matter of a day). I'm sure my kids would love to watch them grow into beetles.

Thank you! I'm sure Google was :he as I searched "bug in a blanket" "turtle bug" "cocoon bug" "bug in a shell" "bug that looks like it's in a blanket" "bug larvae in a shell".... I'm gonna stop there at admitting how many different things I tried.:duc There will be a hunting and squishing party...

My husband is a Texan and all his family came up for our son's birthday party. They probably bootlegged them over. :lol:

Last week when all those tornadoes hit we had a system go right over us and drop this little gem about 15 miles northeast of our house. :hide

No sir. It looks like it's going to split around us today.

I think I finally found it!!!!! :celebrate We're close enough to Texas to get their bugs. :lol: https://6legs2many.wordpress.com/tag/case-bearing-leaf-beetles/

These don't attach to the leaves like that. They hang on or sit on the top of the leaf. :idunno

It is softer than a shell (I had to go pluck one this morning). The underside of it actually makes it look like a blanket wrapped around the actual bug. When I grabbed it the thing sucked up in it's little cocoon/shell/blanket and just stared at me. Legs and all can come out and go in.

Since it has you two stumped at least I'm feeling a little better about not being able to find any information on this now.

These little cacoon looking things are all over my blackberry bush. It's almost like a shell because their little legs stick out. Can anyone help me? What are they? Good? Bad?

That is EXACTLY what he did. He just sat there going in circles until he fell asleep. We let him make a few laps just to see if he would stay asleep.

My husband went with me! We have the weirdest dates! o_O

I'm going grocery shopping on my lunch break. Does that count?:hide

He's two! :lol:

Thank you!

Yes, Ma'am. I'll sure try. :D

Awwww.... thank you everyone! I'm so blessed to have such an awesome TEG family! :love We actually spent my birthday weekend celebrating my youngest's birthday, lol. His is the 19th and this coming up weekend my oldest has his district meet in shooting sports... so no birthday for the motherly...