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~Pristichampsus Feb 4, 2013  Professional General Artist
Please upload if you ever get a photo of a wattle pig (Leptopius)
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~Drhoz Feb 4, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
will do :)
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~Pristichampsus Feb 4, 2013  Professional General Artist
I have pliocene fossilised nests of wattle pigs, often mis-labelled by dealers as "sea wasp nests" I dont know how a jellyfish could make a nest out of clay and saliva, a subject for The speculative Dinosaur Project maybe?
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~Drhoz Feb 4, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
sea wasp nests? dear god...
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~Pristichampsus Feb 4, 2013  Professional General Artist
I swear, I know it sounds stupid, but I have seen them sold that way. Example:

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I swear, when I bought one as a kid, they were called that. When I saw them in later years, I always thought they were from wasps...
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~Drhoz Feb 4, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
terrestrial wasps is believable - presumably solitary. I wonder when they figured out they were weevil cocoons?
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~Pristichampsus Feb 4, 2013  Professional General Artist
Not sure, I guess the resemblance to a mud wasp pupa is pretty strong. The sign on that blog I showed you did get the species name right, but somehow still called them sea wasps...

I have seen fossil bee pupa cases for sale online that look similar, but are smaller.
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~Drhoz Feb 5, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
yes, I can see the resemblance there. They're still rather neat :)
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