What the heck is this?

[MoDoug]

Ran across this splitting black walnut, I think carpenter ants are hatching aliens. My guess is some kind of egg pod?, but none of my searches showed anything like this. The last picture is interesting, the structure of it, including an access hole on one side of them, and the colors.

 

[Stinkpickle]

Maybe coffee beans. What do they taste like?

 

[MoDoug]

Maybe coffee beans. What do they taste like?

LOL, didn't think of tasting them....

what can I say, I get fascinated by simple things. Maybe I need a trip!

 

[Jan Pijpelink]

LOL, didn't think of tasting them.... View attachment 275734 what can I say, I get fascinated by simple things. Maybe I need a trip!

After you have been looking at these, I do not recommend an LSD trip.

 

[TreePointer]

If it were about the size of a Volkswagen, it would be immune to phasers and would kill any redshirt newbie in order to protect its offspring.

 

[stoveliker]

I think this may be pods where they grow new queen ants - those that will fly out on a good day to mate with males (when you see the birds circling above to eat them...)

 

[MoDoug]

I think this may be pods where they grow new queen ants - those that will fly out on a good day to mate with males (when you see the birds circling above to eat them...)

A royal nursery, nature is fascinating! Wanting to learn more about carpenter ants, I ran across this article on wikipedia, the detail they go into about these ants, is incredible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpenter_ant

 

[stoveliker]

A royal nursery, nature is fascinating! Wanting to learn more about carpenter ants, I ran across this article on wikipedia, the detail they go into about these ants, is incredible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpenter_ant

I'm no entomologist, but my dad keeps bees. That is where my guess is coming from.

But thanks. Exploding ants that spray glue-poison while blowing themselves up. Bedtime stories

 

[MoDoug]

Exploding ants that spray glue-poison while blowing themselves up. Bedtime stories

LOL No kidding, kamikaze ants, life can be stranger than fiction! That bedtime story brings to mind Enter Sandman!