Help ID this pest egg please?

Hello friends.
This is a sad year for me and my brugs, pests are getting the best of us so far.
I can't believe I was able to get such a clear macro picture of this pest's egg(I think that's what it is) and I'm hoping you guys can help me figure out what makes this thing.
In this picture, it's upside down for the picture. This little web like string is about 1/4 inch long and is supporting this very tiny white thing on the end of it. I believe it to be an egg or pre larvae stage of something. To try to put a scale to this picture, this leaf is just under 1 inch long.
Please let me know if anyone knows what in the world these things are and what to do about them.
Thanks very much!
JD

Hi, Do you have Green Lacewings in your part of the states. If you do, I believe that is quite possibly what you have there.
I'm not 100% certain but we can go from there.
Kin
Here I found a site. Take a look.
http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpages/green_lacewing.htm


This message was edited Jul 30, 2005 7:30 PM

Definitely a Lacewing egg. The most valuable aphid and mite predator on earth! Normally you find these eggs in groups. It is a good thing to have them on your plants.

Hi Vee8ch, Welcome to Dave's. Yes in deed they are good to have. Great photo!

Your photo was excellent also JLD. Sure is helpful when one has a photo.

Thank you Kin.

The same as JLD it was a nice surprise that the picture was good enough to share with others. Unfortunately later on the same day I took my picture the leaves badly wilted. It was one of those panicky brug moments when you look out and realize you need to water and do it quickly! ha! The eggs were lost. :( Since Ants are the main predators of lacewing eggs I guess the ants on the ground had a feast. I still feel sad about those poor eggs lol! :)

Very cool! I've been buying lacewing eggs in the "Garden Variety Pack" of beneficial insects from www.Planetnatural.com over the past few years. this is the 1st summer I haven't bought any and to find them thriving naturally now is awesome news. They obviously must have found a good food source on my brugs.
I've used more chemicals in the last month than I have in the last 10 years trying to get a grip on misc. pests and powdery mildew on my passiflora's. My brugs are so pathetic this year, I'd be embarrassed to show any pictures. I was afraid I killed off many beneficial insects due to my chemicals. I have something that is eating huge holes in 99% of my Datura's, well every dat except Inoxia that grows like a weed where ever it wants. I just can't seem to win.
Now that I realize I can take good quality macro pics, I'll be posting many more pest pics and the like.
I took a hibiscus up to the local all knowing nurserey to help ID some damage and she claimed it was spidermites. I've seen more than my share of spidermites, these are unlike any I've seen if that is what they are. They have no webbing what so ever, I think they maybe persea mites. I've been using 2 ortho systemics(Orthonex and 1 other) but it hasn't slowed anything down at all after my 3rd application. I refuse to give in!LOL
Thanks friends, Jeff

Jeff maybe you have false spider mites? They are the only ones I'm aware of that do not make webs. Water alone has always worked great for me to get rid of the webbed spidermites but the false mites are another story. They seem to spread themselves out all over the plant from top to bottom and they can hide so well.

Looking forward to your future insect pictures!
vicki

Finally I found my picture of Phytoseiulus persimilis! Not a great picture but you can kind of see their shape. This mite could be what you have. It is a good mite that totally consumes bad spider mites. And then they move on. These predatory mites are bigger than the mites they eat and it is easy to spot them.
The false spider mite is smaller than the other bad mites and not so easy to see.

thanks everyone for your hhelp and interest in this problem. Now that I know I can take decent macro pics I'll be taking many more and hopefully even closer. I have a bunch of new lens filters that claim to take my macro lens to the next level. They say they can multiply the close up magnification by up to 10 times what I have already. They also say if I take these filters and place one onto the other and so on, it will add even more magnification. They should be delivered to me any moment as I bought them on Ebay over 1 week ago. I can't wait.

I also need to take some pictures of the leaves of my problemed plants. All of my brugs are in bad shape, Charles Grimaldi is the only 1 that has bloomed this year and it will normally bloom effortlessly. You know how they tend to bloom in flushes about a week apart? The blooms are usually followed by many buds right behind them ready to go in no time. Well not this time sadly, I even have something eating the flower pedals themselves! I've never had that problem or seen it here before.
I also have around 15 new tropical hibiscus cultivars that are lacking luster on the leaves, no shine at all. They continue to bloom but aren't thriving by anymeans.
I'm usually known around here for growing very rare(rare to locals here anyhow) and beautiful flowers and making it look effortless. This year the plants are making me look like a major flop and vise versa.

Have you guys ever seen or heard of "persea mites"? I think they normally pick on fruit trees but I'm pretty sure they're responisble for much of this damage. I'll see if I can get you guys soem cool pictures so maybe we can all learn something from my misery. LOL
I'm whining so much, I'm depressing myself and my dogs I think.
back to the garden with my handheld microscope;)
Thanks again friends!
Jeff