Thanks, Ken. In retrospect I can see where my comment could be irritating, or 'sound' like I was irritated. Sorry, that was unintentional.
It *IS* undeniably very exciting that something new could be learned from your lawn! I'd be pretty excited if a scientist wanted to study something in our lawn too - and help get rid of it if it was unpleasant, which definitely sounds like your & your neighbors' opinion of that whatever-it-is! It's probably something already documented, but you never know. When we were at the museum of natural sciences in Raleigh last weekend, we learned there are on average 15 new species discovered every day (including insects, plants, fish, etc...) Who knew there was still so much left unknown?
