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  1. lorax

    lorax Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    What is it, if you please?
     

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    M. D. Vaden Active Member 10 Years

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    Darth Vader's helmet - LOL

    At first I was thinking an insect's body part.

    How about a seed capsule ??
     
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    togata57 Generous Contributor 10 Years

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    Looks like a horseshoe crab.
     
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  4. lorax

    lorax Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    Vaden is closer than you are, Togata... But I'm not going to say which of his guesses is the closest.
     
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    The fruit of a Schlumbergera
    I don't know which speices
     
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    tipularia Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    achene?
     
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  7. lorax

    lorax Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    Nope and nope
     
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    Scarab beetle???

    Ed
     
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    lorax Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    Ding ding ding. Ed gets it; it's a shield-variant scarab, of the type that pollinates Philodendrons in the Mera area.
     
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    Wow, my first stumper ; )
    I knew an aroid wouldn't be too far away Beth lol
     
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