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cocoon???

cocoon???
Merrimack, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
April 24, 2011
I found this thing on a maple leaf. It seems to be on both sides, I have no idea what it could be.

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cocoon??? cocoon???

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i would cut it open. it looks
i would cut it open. it looks like a spider egg pouch

open it
did you try to open it too see if there were a larva inside? It almost looks to me to be a bad fungus infection common in maples

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