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Something Strange in my compost

16 years ago

I have had great success in composting grass clippings with coffee grounds. My hot pile has cooked down considerably. However, when I checked my bin today, I saw 5 or 6 foreign objects in there. They were white and laying on top of the pile. Each one was perfectly circular but it looked like several little tubes glued together to form the circle like a cruller donut. Each one of the little tubes has a black dot in it. Is this the egg of some insect? Are they beneficial to my mulch or harmful?

'Thanks all!

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