Hi Gang
I was sitting on my porch here in Florida, and something attached to
the screen caught my eye.
It was a strange line (2 inches) and straight structure that resembled
silk and upon further investigation, it was filled with very small eggs.
I took a cotton swab and removed some of the eggs and here is a shot
of three of them.
Some of the other eggs from the sample look transparent and have an
iridescent color and you can see a little bit of this in the photo. Others
have long hair like structures similar to the one below.
I have no idea what creature laid these, but I do not believe it is a spider,
but I could be wrong.
UPDATE: The second shot shows more of the iridescence.
Nikon D850
Mitutoyo 10x attached to Edmund Optics 200mm lens and Nikon PB6 bellows
117 shots at 8 micron steps
Mike
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Hi Rik
I thought moths would lay eggs on the food source. These were laid on the
nylon screen.
Yes, I have them in a specimen jar AND I only took a small amount.
I will see what hatches. If there are caterpillars, they are going to be very,
very small.
Also, I did not see any scales like I did with my Polyphemus eggs.
Working on a second stack of a different cluster now.
Mike
I thought moths would lay eggs on the food source. These were laid on the
nylon screen.
Yes, I have them in a specimen jar AND I only took a small amount.
I will see what hatches. If there are caterpillars, they are going to be very,
very small.
Also, I did not see any scales like I did with my Polyphemus eggs.
Working on a second stack of a different cluster now.
Mike
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Not always. Sometimes they just lay them close and expect them to find their way. On the other hand whatever laid these could have been sick or injured and just dumped them inappropriately.Pizzazz wrote:I thought moths would lay eggs on the food source.
The hairs that you have here could be extremely elongated scales. A scale is just a modified hair anyway.
--Rik
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