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    What is this green rice about?

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    3. Existing_Top_7677 on

      If it’s some sort of poison I need to know because there is some on my lawn and I have a dog.

      I’m inclined to think it’s come from a bird or bat because it had some sort of fruit in it, but based on the splatter the impact trajectory was upwards.

    6. Charlie_Brodie on

      My guess is some sort of rodent poison that has been ingested and then thrown back up.

    8. DadEngineerLegend on

      Are they not baby caterpillars that have all hatched at once?

      Try r/AustralianInsects/ and/or r/Australianwildlife

    10. Wooden-Consequence81 on

      It could be contaminated bat shit. Do you have bats around at night?

    12. SpaceAdventureCobraX on

      Courtesy of a 5 second image analysis from Gemini…

      The small green, rice-shaped objects in your friend’s fence are the nests of a Leafcutter Bee (genus Megachile).
      These are native Australian solitary bees. Unlike honeybees, they don’t live in a hive; instead, a single female builds these “sleeping bags” for her eggs.
      What’s Happening in the Image
      • The “Rice” Shapes: Those are individual brood cells. The female bee cuts neat circles out of soft leaves (often from roses, Bauhinia, or native plants) and rolls them into tubes.
      • The Process: She tucks these tubes into existing gaps in the brickwork or mortar. Inside each green tube, she places a ball of pollen and nectar, lays a single egg, and then seals the end with more leaf discs.

    14. PastelTyrant on

      idk why u got downvoted when either way, this clearly not leafcutter bee eggs like that persons ai said 🥲

      i would treat it as poison for safety, but an innocent explanation could b a kids sensory activity that a kid threw (search like ‘green rice activity’ etc on google ) !!