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Metallic Moth Eggs with Wasp Parasite
16.7295, -92.6253
Field Notes
Description:
This patch of metallic blue-green eggs (each about 1.5 mm in diameter) were found attached to a garden wall on 6 June 14. Eight days later, none had hatched, a few were collapsed and there were many tiny parasitic wasps laying their own eggs into the moth eggs. I count about 12 wasps (last two pictures). The patch of eggs was about 3.5 cm long.
Habitat:
Urban area with lots of plum trees, San Cristobal de Las Casas, 2,200 meters.
Notes:
These might be Tiger Moth Eggs
http://natureontheedge.com/2013/05/10/tricoloured-tiger-moth/
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