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pdoyle23323 Chesapeake, VA(Zone 7b) Aug 21, 2008

I found aphids on some Okra was trying to grow in my GH. When looked under the leaves of just about every one, I found these. Are these aphid eggs? i threw the Okra in the compost pile.
thanks
Dawn

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Aug 21, 2008

Whatever these are, they are extremely unlikely to be aphid eggs. First off, they don't look like them (see http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/icm/files/images/soybean-aphid-eggs-2.jpg and http://www.uidaho.edu/so-id/entomology/rosy%20apple%20aphid%20eggs.jpg), and secondly, aphids as a rule reproduce by parthenogenesis during the summer, only laying overwintering eggs very late in the season - see http://www.backyardnature.net/aphid_lc.htm

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ceejaytown The Woodlands, TX(Zone 9a) Aug 21, 2008

Those look like Lepidopteran eggs - IOW, caterpillars-to-be; perhaps the okra caterpillar that feeds on many plants in the okra (mallow) family. Guess we'll never know for sure...

More info on okra and pests:
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IG152

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pdoyle23323 Chesapeake, VA(Zone 7b) Aug 21, 2008

Thanks! i was tring to be safe than sorry since they were in my GH.

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