Last Friday I was getting ready to send off my specimen to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention in Georgia when I decided to give them a call first. I reached a very nice lady there on first try, and we had a very interesting and informative conversation. Partly because I had current pictures posted here, we were able to determine that my species genus is not one that transmits Chaga’s. Whew. Yes, she agreed that was an egg mass as well. She sent me an information sheet describing the ones in this area, and I’m pretty sure I’ve never seen one of those around here. So my now dead specimen has been disposed of, as well as the eggs, which were not looking too healthy anyway from what I could tell.
All is well. :-)
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James