weird, red, hard, bug like thing?

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  1. joejive

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    I found this thing once before in my garden. It has a hard shell. The tip of it moves in a circle. The first time I found it, I accidentally crushed it and it is full of thin white "goo".
     
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    It is a pupae of some sort. Couldn't tell you what kind though.
     
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    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Moth pupa.
     
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    vitog Contributor 10 Years

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    It looks quite a bit like some of the cutworm pupae that I regularly dig up in the garden. Do a Google Images search of "cutworm pupa" for some examples.
     
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