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18 years ago

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jaceysgranny
18 years ago
It looks like one of those beaded purses only uglier! I smush those by hand when I see them.

Nancy
plantfreak
18 years ago
Exactly 531. I counted them. Who's the intruder? PF
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Okay, I GOT it! I tried a new method for removing the eggs from leaves this evening. I had thought that perhaps dental floss may be a way to help get the eggs off easily since not everyone has fingernails and scraping the eggs off seems a bit, well, harsh. So, I went and got one of those dental floss pick thingies like this one and used it as a scraping tool. It worked! It was very easy, too. All you have to do is slightly bend/wrap the leaf around your finger (you can hold it with your third/'tall man' finger and thumb if you wrap it around your second/'pointer'/index finger). Hold the leaf over a cup/container. With your other hand holding the 'scraper' you simply swipe the dental floss between the egg and the leaf into the cup/container. IF the egg sticks, it will stick to the dental floss and you can easily flick it into the cup/container. I did not squish/smash a single egg using this new 'tool.' So, I think I will try it out tomorrow with a BUNCH of eggs. I used it on some leaves that had eggs on it from earlier in the day (really limp leaves) and it worked easily as well. :) I knew there had to be something that would be easy to use, particularly for those with big, clumsy fingers or arthritic hands... NOTE: I used the pointy part of the pick to help move eggs around. You could use a 2nd one to remove/flick eggs that stick to the dental floss if you don't want to flick with your fingertips.
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hummingbirddaisy
18 years ago
Oh my goodness, what the devil laid those egg's?
Wow!
I wish you good luck in disguarding those buggers.
Blessings, Tina
shrubs_n_bulbs
Original Author
18 years ago
I have no idea what the insect it, maybe some kind of stinkbug?
carol23_gw
18 years ago
Incredible! Whatever it is must be prolific! I've seen slug eggs in the soil that had a translucent look, but I've not seen anything like this.
rosemariero
18 years ago
What a neat pic, SnB!

I once found some eggs that looked like Oreo cookies! Belonged to Harlequin Bugs (can see at link below). Yours look barrel shaped, which would fit some stinkbug's eggs.

~Rosemarie

Here is a link that might be useful: Harlequin Bug eggs plus
PuraVida
18 years ago
Ugly? I think they're really cool looking.

ItÂs those beaded purses that are UGLY!--Hello?!?! And what's all this KILL! KILL! KILL! Attitude about? Is it not knowing what they are that makes them so scary? Humn...

Maybe they should be ID'ed before they're indiscriminately destroyed. Not all insects are bad, in fact most are beneficial.

They look like butterfly or moth eggs to me.

PuraVida

Here is a link that might be useful: my organic wildlife garden
GardenChicken
18 years ago
That's alot of veeery tiny omelettes...
Gerris2 (Joseph Delaware Zone 7a)
18 years ago
Remember the movie "Alien"? Looks just like the Alien's egg pods yikes!!

Joseph
njcher
18 years ago
One time I was trying to diagnose a pest by searching on the computer. I wasn't having any luck so I decided to scan in the eggs on the leaf like the above. I was going to post the pic and ask if anyone knew what it was.

I went outside and found a leaf with the eggs and put it face down on the scanner. As it so happened, eggs were in the process of hatching. The bugs were literally hatching and walking off the scanner bed as I scanned them, LOL.

Hey, guys, wait up!

That was one of the coolest, funniest garden experiences ever.

Cher

p.s. Isn't gardening learning about how the natural world works together? Thus if we indiscriminately kill insects without knowing what their purpose is, we are not learning--merely culturally reacting to what we've been taught ahout bugs (ick,eww). It breaks my heart when I see cans of spider spray in the homes of my well-educated friends. Spiders are the best!
shrubs_n_bulbs
Original Author
18 years ago
Spider Spray!?! I searched to see if such a product was available in the UK. This is the closest I could find :)

Here is a link that might be useful: Spider spray?
rosemariero
18 years ago
Hee hee hee, Shrubs n bulbs! I was thinking the same thing when I read your response, Cher...IS there such a thing as "spider spray"? :P I suppose "bug spray" would be sufficient. I end up taking lots of pix of spiders & other insects when I come across them. Well...except for the Black Widow spider I found last week...I DID kill IT!

~Rosemarie
CLacy2k
18 years ago
Great picture!
stimpy926
18 years ago
cool. I wouldn't kill anything I see like that, unless I knew that the bug was either a fly or J. beetle, the only two that I can't tolerate. All the bugs play a role in the big picture.
shrubs_n_bulbs
Original Author
18 years ago
Rosemarie, there are certainly many products in the US marketed as sprays for killing spiders. Regular insecticides may not be effective against spiders since they aren't insects. About the only thing I kill on a regular basis (other than succulents!) are slugs and snails.

Here is a link that might be useful: Kill almost anything with these products ...

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