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Thursday, 7 April 2011
Lepidoptera eggs
One for Charlie or Andy.
These eggs are in my potting shed. Any ideas what species? We
had similar last year under a window sill. The caterpillars that emerged appeared to all die a few feet away.
They look like a batch of Vapourer moth eggs to me.I was fortunate to see a pair mating on my Cotoneaster in the garden soon followed by the female laying hundreds of eggs.She often does this on the cocoon she emerged from.Some photos here: http://charlielepidopteraofcalderdale.blogspot.com/2010/06/lymantriidae.html
If you want to rear them or re-locate them, bramble is a good foodplant.
Hi Bruce,
ReplyDeleteThey look like a batch of Vapourer moth eggs to me.I was fortunate to see a pair mating on my Cotoneaster in the garden soon followed by the female laying hundreds of eggs.She often does this on the cocoon she emerged from.Some photos here:
http://charlielepidopteraofcalderdale.blogspot.com/2010/06/lymantriidae.html
If you want to rear them or re-locate them, bramble is a good foodplant.
Thanks for the information Charlie. We will let nature take its course and keep watching.
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