| Author | Content |
| Sarahskeeper Brockton, MA Zone 6a April 30, 2008 | I've seen these all my life and wondered what they will turn into. About an inch long. Andy P
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| claypa West Pottsgrove, PA Zone 6b May 2, 2008 | Lots of moths pupate under or near the surface of the ground and look like that, especially sphynx moths. Some much larger moths do that too. I found one last year when I was planting bulbs, almost the size of my little finger. Kind of sad, it was cut with the trowel. |
| DonnaB Vancleave, MS Zone 8b May 2, 2008 | Andy put it in a cage with a sprinkling of dirt and dry leaves to see what hatches |
| Sarahskeeper Brockton, MA Zone 6a May 3, 2008 | Thanks, I figured it was sort of generic but had to ask. I placed it back near where i found it, it was gone the next day. |
| essentialplanet Wilsonville, OR Zone 8b May 5, 2008 | Hi Andy, I think that is a cabbage moth pupae. Do you have a lot of those (looking like white butterflies, sometimes with a small black dot on the wing) later in the season. I have tons of them, and I find the pupae in the soil when I am planting. |
