# What are these small, green egg-like things in my garden?

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**Created:** [May 29, 2008, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-small-green-egg-like-things-in-my-garden/451009 "2008-05-29T14:12:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-small-green-egg-like-things-in-my-garden/451009/1 "2008-05-29T14:12:37Z")

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While messing about in the dirt around our tomato plants, we noticed dozens of green, egg-like objects – soft and smaller than a quarter inch in diameter. My wife thinks they look like the eggs of some lizard-like creature. Any ideas what they might be?

We get lots of big ugly slugs. Do slugs lay eggs?

There’s also a larger one – about three-quarters of an inch across and white – it almost looks like a tiny onion, but it’s not an onion. It doesn’t look like a plant at all.

What kinds of creatures are spawning in our vicinity?

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**Author:** ![masterofnone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@masterofnone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/masterofnone)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-small-green-egg-like-things-in-my-garden/451009/2 "2008-05-29T14:24:41Z")

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Location would help.

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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-small-green-egg-like-things-in-my-garden/451009/3 "2008-05-29T14:26:36Z")

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Washington, D.C., area - Northern Virginia suburbs

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-small-green-egg-like-things-in-my-garden/451009/4 "2008-05-29T14:28:01Z")

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[QUOTE=acsenray]  
We get lots of big ugly slugs. Do slugs lay eggs?  
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Oh, [yes.](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.cirrusimage.com/Mollusca/mollus4.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.cirrusimage.com/mollusca_garden_slug.htm&h=189&w=252&sz=16&hl=en&start=7&um=1&tbnid=MwkGApagfWPfyM:&tbnh=83&tbnw=111&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dslug%2Beggs%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN)

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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-small-green-egg-like-things-in-my-garden/451009/5 "2008-05-29T14:36:08Z")

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Yeappers. That looks like them.