These dainty little bell-shaped caps with their outward-rolling margins look like the frilled skirts of dancing ladies. Beautiful colours, ranging from pale apricot to cream, giving such a delicate, ephemeral appearance.
Pupa of some beetle or moth? Found in kumara garden bed while harvesting.
So sorry for terrible photo quality.
Suspecting a type of eel.
Quite large- over a metre.
Not sure how long it had been deceased.