CLOSED: Help identifying strange green worms?

These were found in Georgia. They're were four of them rolled up inside of a mud case. Sorry for the slightly blurry pic. The following is the finders comments:

This afternoon, while spraying my Camellias, I saw this little clump sitting on one of the limbs . .thinking it was a seed, I picked it up. Well, as I picked it up it started crumbling in my hand! It was a cocoon made of mud - sorta like the one dirtdobbers make.

I then started handling it very carefully because I could see something green inside. I took it to the porch to finish crumbling it -

Has anyone ever seen anything like this? Does anyone know what this is??? In all my years of gardening, it's the FIRST time I've seen it!

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West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b)

Wasps paralyze larvae to feed their young when they hatch.

Sinks Grove, WV

These caterpillars were victims of a potter wasp (family Vespidae; subfamily Eumeninae - see http://www.cirrusimage.com/bees_wasps_eumenes.htm). The female wasp constructs her pot/jar-like nests and provisions them with caterpillars that she has paralyzed. They thus remain alive and fresh while the wasp larvae feed on them.

Thank you so much for the replies. That was mentioned to us as a possiblity. Now it's confirmed. But those are some strange looking critters?

Thanks again. Great site!!!

Big Rapids, MI(Zone 4b)

I agree.... that's a great photo site... if you liked those photos... check this one out....

http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/flies

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