First Time Seeing This Strange Thing In My Pool

[timlab]

I've read up on all I can about strange things in a pool. Algae, has fingers that come from the center of it self, and this doesn't. What I see is about 5 to 10 of these things together and when I go to vac my pool they sometimes break apart into this picture. Can anyone tell me what this strange thing is in my pool?

 

[YippeeSkippy]

Looks like a seed pod of some sort to me.... do you find any in your yard?

Maddie

 

[Shirker]

I agree with Skippy, some sort of seed pod or something. Almost looks like a cedar apple but they are not usually that symmetrical. Can you cut one open?

 

[CavVet]

Oddly enough (and because i just dealt with them decimating my tomatoes...lol) it looks strangely like the excrement of the horned caterpillar. Caterpillar – Droppings Under Tree | Walter Reeves: The Georgia Gardener

 

[timlab]

I actually got the results back from University of South Carolina. And the winner is CavVet. I'm not sure which caterpillar it is, but my pool is under a oak tree. The only thing I can do is vau my pool out, and shock it high. And then get the tree down. These pools seem like they are costly.

 

[Dirk]

I actually got the results back from University of South Carolina. And the winner is CavVet. I'm not sure which caterpillar it is, but my pool is under a oak tree. The only thing I can do is vau my pool out, and shock it high. And then get the tree down. These pools seem like they are costly.

Pools? Costly? Nah!!

Don't cut down an oak tree!! What about a barrier between tree and water. Like a shade sail? Way cheaper than removing a tree.

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