tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2945686662242865677.post1984930399021459444..comments2024-03-09T16:04:59.378+00:00Comments on Calderdale Wildlife: Lepidoptera eggsBrucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11118262782035356905noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2945686662242865677.post-7968020912811777412011-04-08T12:55:21.826+01:002011-04-08T12:55:21.826+01:00Thanks for the information Charlie. We will let na...Thanks for the information Charlie. We will let nature take its course and keep watching.Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11118262782035356905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2945686662242865677.post-81377286874266878402011-04-08T12:28:24.665+01:002011-04-08T12:28:24.665+01:00Hi Bruce,
They look like a batch of Vapourer moth...Hi Bruce,<br /><br />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:<br /> http://charlielepidopteraofcalderdale.blogspot.com/2010/06/lymantriidae.html <br /><br />If you want to rear them or re-locate them, bramble is a good foodplant.charlie streetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07074044183576716252noreply@blogger.com