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gardenwife Newark, OH(Zone 5b) Aug 23, 2008

My Siberian Pink tomato had some hitchhikers the other day. What laid these eggs on its surface? They are about 1/4" including the stalks upon which they're so perfectly balanced.

Sidenote: Yes!! Ripe tomatoes! Finally! LOL

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Aug 23, 2008

Probably Lacewings, good guys

http://woodypest.ifas.ufl.edu/224.htm

http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/green_lacewing.htm

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gardenwife Newark, OH(Zone 5b) Aug 23, 2008

That's probably it from the looks of it. Boy, sometimes you read this stuff and it makes you think of what it must be like to be really tiny and come across one of these critters...

Quoting:
"Lacewing larvae, sometimes called "aphid lions" eat many small insects as they grow. Besides aphids, they eat other small insects, including caterpillars, butterfly eggs, small beetles, scale insects, leafhoppers, thrips, small flies, and other small insects and eggs. They also eat mites, and they sometimes eat each other.

Larvae have large hooked jaws, which they grab their prey with before sucking out the juices."


*Gulp* Then you read that first page and see this:

Quoting:
"The eggs are deposited at the end of a long hairlike stalk which is attached to the leaf. This prevents the larvae from cannibalizing one another as they hatch. "


Yeah, I'd want some space, too! LOL




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