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Maydreams27 Port Saint Lucie, FL(Zone 9b) Mar 27, 2008

Anyone know what these things are. When searching my passiflora for eggs for my Butterfly program, I came across these on the leaf. I know not frittillary or longwing eggs but what are they?

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debnes_dfw_tx Fort Worth, TX(Zone 8a) Mar 28, 2008

Hi Maydreams!

If they haven't already hatched yet, I am glad I caught you. You need to take the leaf off the plant and isolate it immediately. I am pretty sure they are not butterfly eggs, and so far in looking at eggs in my references they look most like parasitoid eggs. If you grow your passionvine for butterflies such as Gulf Fritillaries and Zebra Longwings it could be a devastating year if they are parasitic.

Rule of thumb when seeing anything unknown is to isolate it/them. A good way to do this is with a glad or ziplock container. Since the critters can be tiny poking holes may allow them to escape, so cut out the center of the lid and use chiffon fabric (or the like) to stretch over and clamp the lid back on. The branch the eggs are on can be stuck into wet floral foam to keep it fron drying out until the eggs hatch.

Debnes

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Maydreams27 Port Saint Lucie, FL(Zone 9b) Mar 28, 2008

Ohh no need to fret LOL Of course once I saw wierdness, I removed it from the plant and put it in tupperware. Let me go see if anything is changed. LAst night they were still eggs. Nope still eggs!

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debnes_dfw_tx Fort Worth, TX(Zone 8a) Mar 28, 2008

Whhhheeeeeew! LOL!

Good job!

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plantfreak78 Rolesville, NC(Zone 7b) Mar 28, 2008

They remind me a little bit of Harlequin bug eggs. http://ipm.ncsu.edu/vegetables/pamphlets/crucifer/hb.jpg

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jlp222 Hammond, LA(Zone 8b) Apr 05, 2008

So? Any updates?

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Maydreams27 Port Saint Lucie, FL(Zone 9b) Apr 05, 2008

No, still unhatched and no change. I did find another set but these are bigger. Let me see about a picture...
The new eggs are on the left and the old ones on the right

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Apr 05, 2008

Some Shieldbug eggs are grey, but there looks to be a lot of them. Are they barrel shaped? I had eggs of a Gorse Shieldbug which were dark grey and barrel shaped.


http://images.google.co.uk/images?um=1&hl=en&q=shieldbug+eggs&btnG=Search+Images

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