This morning I discovered a mat of hundreds of tiny cream-colored eggs right on top of my garden mulch (decomposing leaves). What could have laid them? I have never seen a toad in my garden, and they weren't laid on a living leaf surface, but right on the wet dead leaf mulch.
We scooped them into a jar and took this picture. Any ID help is greatly appreciated!!!
How big are they? Offhand, I'd say slugs' eggs but they're usually more translucent than this picture.
They're really small--about the size of a grain of amaranth. 1/10th of a centimeter, maybe.
I would also say slug eggs.
Thanks!! If they're slug eggs, I'm glad I scooped them up before they could feast on my new perennials!
They might not be eggs at all, but the fruiting bodies of a Slime Mould. Here is a picture I took of a slime mould here in Australia:
