r/whatisit • u/deen0verdunya • 1d ago

New, what is it? What is this?

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It was the size of my palm and pretty circular. I’m in SW Missouri. I feel like it’s a silly simple answer but I don’t think I’ve seen anything like this before.
Thanks everyone!

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u/m4dch3mist 1d ago

Hedge apple or osage. Folks put them in the house to ward off spiders

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u/a_lonely_trash_bag 1d ago

I call them spider balls, lol.

(Yes, I am aware they don't actually keep spiders away.)

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u/ThatOneGuy0828 1d ago

How’s that work?

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u/Psykosoma 1d ago

Not great. Spiders are not usually afraid of fruit.

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u/bobquznie 1d ago

But this fruit is afraid of spiders!

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u/trint05 1d ago

You can toss them in the leaves this time of year and it keeps the box elders away

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u/Not_UR_Mommy 1d ago

Oh I need to find some!

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u/MidwestNonbinary 1d ago

If it worked I think there would be hedge Apple products being sold at ridiculous prices

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u/FDlor 1d ago

Gotta watch out putting them in your house. After a few days you will be walking around going "What's that smell???". Took me a while to figure out it was the friggin osage orange.

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u/XvPandaPrincessvX 1d ago

Growing up we always called them Monkey Brains

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u/Hksbdb 1d ago

They're for throwing at your siblings.

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u/76Stix 1d ago

This. Had a cottage in Michigan years ago and used to pick Osage oranges, cut ‘em in half and put the halves in pie tins in the corners of the cottage to keep spiders away…

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u/eeejit075 1d ago

We used them in our basement, but I think we were told it was for cockroaches.

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u/TheLostRanger0117 14h ago

I used to like to play Midwest Fruit Ninja with a machete with them