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dovey Columbus, OH(Zone 5b) Sep 14, 2006

I know it's not part of the plant.
Any idea what it is?

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Sep 15, 2006

It's kind of hard to judge the...SCALE from the photo... how big is it?

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dovey Columbus, OH(Zone 5b) Sep 15, 2006

Hi Claypa,
Very tiny... here is another picture with a peppercorn to show the scale
I pulled them off the plant, it was juicy underneath the helmet like top

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ineedacupoftea Denver, CO Sep 18, 2006

I find those here and there in my garden and have yet to ID them, they have always been hatched, so I don't get to collect them and see what comes out.

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PanamonCreel Celaya, Mexico(Zone 10a) Sep 18, 2006

Those are Katydid eggs

http://www.uky.edu/Ag/CritterFiles/casefile/insects/grasshoppers/grasshoppers.htm

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Magpye NW Qtr, AR(Zone 6a) Sep 18, 2006

'Way to go' .. Milan!!

- Magpye

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dovey Columbus, OH(Zone 5b) Sep 19, 2006

Oh my gosh that's it!
Amazing that...
A] Katydid s come out of those tiny eggs
and
B] that you could identify them as such
Thank you!
Dove

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ineedacupoftea Denver, CO Sep 19, 2006

Brilliant, thanks. Fishfood from now on.

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Night_Bloom Griffin, GA(Zone 8a) Sep 20, 2006

Awww katydids are cool. I don't see them too often, because the trees around our house are pretty tall and they mostly stay up there, but I hear them at night during the summer.

When they do venture down, they have to watch out for my cats if the cats are out for play time (I only let my cats out if I'm watching them). Katydids are such a favorite play toy that the cats recognize the buzzing noise they make and head right for them.

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dovey Columbus, OH(Zone 5b) Sep 21, 2006

They are beautiful, but oh, what damage they do.
They will met certain doom if they go near my roses.
This one didn't live to regret it...

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