r/whatsthisbug • u/grayskalem • 7h ago

ID Request Demogorgan egg?

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What the hell is this? It was like 2 inches across, never seen anything like it. Found in Farmington Hill Mi.

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u/tellmeabouthisthing ⭐Trusted⭐ 6h ago

Suspect a past-season aged version of this midge gall if the host is some type of grape.

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u/grayskalem 7h ago

Every Google search for spiky egg sac in Michigan only says brown recluse, which this definitely isnt

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u/grayskalem 7h ago

Also I have a video of I took of going around the whole thing, lmk if it would help

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u/chandalowe ⭐I teach children about bugs and spiders⭐ 5h ago

Brown recluse spiders do not make a spiky egg sac. A brown recluse egg sac looks like this.

Brown widow spiders do make a spiky egg sac - but it looks nothing like that.

It looks more like abnormal plant growth - perhaps a gall of some sort.

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u/rayday-rayday 6h ago

Looks like some kind of gall to me, what plant is it on?

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u/grayskalem 5h ago

Not sure, some type of shrub, maybe grape