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Emperor gum moth eggs

Austrocaligula eucalypti

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

10 spherical cream and brown eggs, approx. 5mm dia., in an almost straight line, some with 1 or 2 small holes.

Habitat:

On underside of eucalyptus leaf (Eucalyptus microcarpa - Grey Box Gum)

Notes:

The eggs with small holes have probably been raided.
The ones that survive turn into this... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8703746

Reference Links:

Opodiphthera eucalypti, Opodiphthera eucalypti

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
MartinL
These look like emperor gum moth eggs, they have not hatched but something else has instead=( One hatched in my set but made a large hole at one end. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8696735

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PublishedJanuary 31, 2012

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