Insect eggs

This arrangement of butterfly eggs was found on the underside of a leaf near the bank of Pine Lake in Shelby Farms Park in Memphis, TN.

After over a week of wandering around on my groundcherry plant, the Lema beetle finally laid some eggs. These particular ones were removed, but there must have been others that hatched--see "ugly" in the adjacent photo. This photo was taken a few weeks ago, but somehow I'm either losing my EXIF data in processing or Flickr is ignoring it. I didn't have this problem before...

Identifying insect eggs, whether in your home or garden, can help you decide whether they are harmful or beneficial. This is a guide about identifying insect eggs.

Scientists are finally learning why insect eggs come in so many sizes, shapes, and colors.

what I think are cabbage white butterfly eggs on a rocket leaf - same ones I photographed here www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/7960696414/ 9 days ago. + 8hrs from the first shots and they are beginning to hatch

Scientists are finally learning why insect eggs come in so many sizes, shapes, and colors.

Stick insects have eggs that look exactly like seeds. What scientists can't figure out is why masters of camouflage would lay eggs that resemble bird snacks.

Some science images are easy, and some are very complex. This is a scanning electron microscope image of a Monarch Butterfly egg case is a very difficult picture. Just the sample preparation of this image took over a week. For years I have collected butterfly eggs, usually for my young kids. We will have a bottle with several eggs that hatch into microscopic worms that feed on milkweed leaves. In this case my kids and I went for several hikes in the finger lakes region of New York. After a…

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