Can anyone name this pest.

[David oakman]

This pest i found on a walnut tree which is growing under a large ash tree.

[Andy Collins]

Hard to tell from this angle, but looks like Fingus glovellia glauca. Dont worry, they are totally harmless to trees and shrubs in their solitary state, tho if in a pair, can do untold damage in the wrong hands. My advice is to remove and incinerate, never know what nasty pathogens may be lurking within.

[Dean Lofthouse]

Just be carefull it hasn't mated, you can normally tell as there will be abrasion marks on it's underbelly and possibly staining at the end of one of the five tenticles.

 

If it does show signs of this it must be incinerated at the earliest opportunity

[RobArb]

i've heard that these rare creatures are very shy and are lost without their mate... looks like a case of fingus glovellia sucidilica...!!

[David oakman]

Andy i thought you had said it was totally armless. A person put the glove around the tree tied rope around back to ash to stop it leaning towards the light. Half the glove and all the rope is covered.

[Andy Collins]

Of course, the other theory is that after mating the male crawls away and dies, simIlar to Sockus domicilica, choosing a small tree or shrub rather than the washing machine to die in. This is why you can only find one of the pair! Fingus is not known to be capable of emotion, so suicide is out of the question

[brewx1]

You can tell if it's the mating season as they six 'digits' as opposed to the usual five. Handle with care.

[Johny Walker]

gordon brown:thumbup:

[penfold]

Glovus glauca AGM 'Town and country'.

[Ian C]

What a bunch of prunes you lot are, its an old glove some muppet has stuck in a tree.......doh:laugh1::laugh1: