At first I thought this was spittlebug, but it’s much larger than I’m used to seeing. Maybe an inch long and 1/2in wide wrapped at the fork of a young wax myrtle. It did not move or flex when I moved the branches to get a better shot. Glossy and cocoon-like. It also reminded me of the tussock moth cocoon I spotted this fall, but there are no hairs or appearance of hatching.
Found these today. Varying sizes. The Medium sized ones are about the size and color of pencil erasers. Some of the biggest ones almost looked like they were starting some slime mold.
Small, compact, arboreal flycatcher with small bill; male has deep blue upperparts and sides of neck/breast, and white underparts; thin white stripe over eyes female has greyish-brown upperparts and whitish underparts with grey patches on sides of breast Photo taken at Sattal, Uttarakhand, India
Male is entirely greenish-blue, with brighter forehead and throat; black lores. Female is duller and greyer and has dusky lores; can be confused with male pale blue flycatcher, but has shorter bill, turquoise-blue upperparts, and uniform greyish turquoise-blue underparts. Photo taken at Sattal, Uttarakhand, India
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