Plantain stem.
Same as banana but much, much larger.

Thank you, Bruce.

Excellent call!

Very interesting. I never knew there was such a thing as banana stem, other than the handle part you peel back on a banana.

Yes, the stem is what the bunches grow on...
http://cellar.org/2014/bananabunch.jpg

Without it we couldn't
Lift six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch
Daylight come and me wan' go home

What kind of bug or worm is this?

Looks like a meal worm.

Ahhh....looks like it. Thanks!

meal worm yes. the bearded dragon eats them. crunchy.

um.... where did you find it? keep it in the fridge or it will become a beetle....

Mealworms seem to be the pop stars of the beetle world. Incredibly popular and ubiquitous when young, unwanted when they develop into adults.

Looks like a melted vibrator.

My friend saw it in the forest where he lives. He didn't know what it was either.

Aha. Very good.

Did more search on mealworms to see what kind of beetles they become. Found out that they are edible for human consumption. I want to say yuck then I thought. Who on the Cellar eats mealworms?