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Gulf Fritillary Egg

gulf fritillary egg
If you’d like to complete your documentation of the gulf fritillary life cycle, here’s a photo of its egg.
Tim
www.wildlifetheater.com

Hi Tim,
Thanks so much for completing our Gulf Fritillary Metamorphosis entry.

Posted 09 December 2007 § ‡ Comments (0) °

Black and Yellow Orb Weaver with Eggsack

Please help!
I have a big female spider living outside my house. It has attached itself to the back of the house. She has three sacs now. This morning I found her and the third baby sac on the back screen door. I don’t want to harm the spider but rather relocate it, BUT I really want to know what kind of spider it is. Please find the attached pic. I hope that you can help. Thank you.
Charlotte
Suffolk, VA

Hi Charlotte,
Your letter doesn’t really indicate why you feel it is necessary to relocate this magnificent Argiope aurantia who found an ideal location for her nursery. Argiope aurantia has numerous common names, that are sometimes confusing, like Garden Spider, Black and Yellow Orbweaver, and Golden Orbweaver. She can and will bite if provoked, but she is not a threat to you or your family.

Posted 02 October 2007 § ‡ Comments (0) °

Cockroach Oothica

eww-theca
greetings bugman! here for you i have a picture of an ootheca which you i thought you might like to put on your ‘eggs’ page. when i first found it i had no idea what it was, and was touching it way more than i would’ve had i known what creature it came from! gross. after searching ‘brown egg case’ a picture came up that sent shivers down my spine, for it was of the ootheca still attached to its mother roach. i understand roaches are important for the environment, but that didnt stop me from throwing it over my neighbors fence. they’ll probably find their way back to me anyway, they always seem to. thanks!
ps- sorry about the cat hair!

Thank you so much for adding to our archive with your awesome Cockroach Oothica.

Posted 27 September 2007 § ‡ Comments (0) °
What's That Bug? does not endorse extermination

Lacewing Eggs

lacewings, I think
Hi, I just found these eggs on my trampoline net, and thought that was a funny place for someone to lay eggs! I think they are lacewing eggs, from your informative site. I lose track of time on your website; I love it!
Enjoy
Emily

Hi Emily,
You are correct. These are Lacewing Eggs. Lacewings lay their eggs on the silken stalks because the predatory larval Lacewings, called Aphid Lions, are such ravenous eaters they will devour their siblings that hatch later. If you think you loose track of time on the site, just image the time we loose browsing through all the wonderful letters and images (and some considerably less that wonderful) while trying to decide which letters will be posted each day.

Posted 22 September 2007 § ‡ Comments (0) °

NOT Imperial Moth Eggs Hatch

Well its only been about 4 hours since I took a photo of them and sent it. But checking on them at lunch time gave us a surprise, they were hatching. So I grabbed 4 or 5 different types of tree leaves to put in the cage. Do they need water?? or is the leaves enough. I really want the little guys to have a chance or turning into those beautiful Imperial moths.
Karen Maier
PS let me know if u want any more photos as they grow or if you have enough of that type. dont want to send any you cant use.

Hi Karen,
These are not Imperial Moth caterpillars. Ed Note:  August 30, 2009.  We do believe they are some Giant Silkmoth. We fear you misidentified your original moth. BugGuide has an image of a newly hatched Imperial Moth, and it does not look at all like your caterpillars. We cannot identify your specimen from this hatchling image. We suspect this is still one of the Giant Silk Moths. If you describe the moth, we may be able to identify it. It would be great if you could take a photo at each stage of development, known as instars. Each time a caterpillar molts, there is a new instar. There are five instars before pupation. You caterpillars will fulfull their water needs through the leaves they eat. Thank you for noting in your photo title that the eggs hatched after four days.

Sad Update
(08/16/2007)
Im sorry to say that all of our babies died. Im not sure why, I gave them the leaves from the tree they came from and a few others too. but they just sat around and didnt seem interested in them. and by today they were all gone. I wish we could of found out just what kind they were.
Karen

Posted 14 August 2007 § Silkworms ‡ Comments (0) °

Ladybird Beetle laying eggs, Eggs hatching, and newly hatched larva eating Aphid

Ladybeetles Laying Eggs & Ladybug larve.
I thought these could go on the Bug Love & Carnage page… or on your ladybird page… I live in Boise, ID, and my neighbors had a frenzy of ladybug activity on an aphid infested plum tree. Too cheap to buy ladybugs for my own yard’s pests, and not wanting to use poison, I captured about 15 ladybugs and kept them captive in a large glass vase. I fed them aphid covered leaves from my garden, and the ladybugs kept mating and mating, laying eggs and more eggs, which hatched into hungry little larve which went outside on the plants when they got big enough.

It was fascinating to watch and to nurture these bugs, and photograph with my new camera that does Super Macro shots. Here’s where I’ve got some more of these shots stored. http://picasaweb.google.com/EmilyTheChef/BugsMay2007 Carnage… tiny ladybug larve sucking the life out of of a juicy aphid. Most of the larve were all black, with tiny specs of red, but a few of them were “blonde”, like the bottom larve in this picture. They’re on my finger. I have to put the object directly in front of the lens, practically touching it, for it to be in focus. This next one is so cool… varying stages of ladybugs hatching. · Some still yellow goo (may not have ever hatched- I don’t remember this particular set of eggs, I had probably about 20+ sets)… I read that the larve will eat the un-hatched eggs to sustain themselves until they’re big enough to eat bugs. Some still encased in the egg (I knew the egg bunches would hatch soon because they turned from yellow to white) and Some actually popping out of the egg. I couldn’t even see all the detail with my eyes, but the Super Macro sees very close up! They’re so tiny when they’re hatched… they look like a speck of ladybug poop, until they start to move. And where it all started (well, it really starts with bug love), a Ladybeetle laying eggs. I felt kind of weird watching their intimate moments, but it was amazing! Most of the time, theyd lay in nice neat rows & bunches, sometimes it was willy nilly. Next year I’ll get some photos of the pregnant bugs. You can totally tell which ones are about to lay eggs, because can practically see the yellow eggs through a thin membrane, and their shell looks like it doesn’t fit when they’re about to lay their eggs…
Emily Sullivan

Hi Emily,
Just for clarification, our Carnage page is reserved for insects who are killed unnecessarily by humans. Your Aphid eating Larvae belong on our Food Chain page. Bug Love is for mating only, and egg laying would go to our Eggs page. Your images are positively fabulous and the body of your letter should be a lesson in organic gardening. Thanks for your wonderful contributions.

Posted 12 August 2007 § ‡ Comments (1) °

CORRECTION: NOT Imperial Moth Lays Eggs

Imperial moths
HI
I love your site and have used it often finding out the names of insects for my small Daycare. I found an Imperial moth this morning and put her into a butterfly cage we have and after some hours let her go so she wouldnt die. On a leaf in the cage are tiny yellow eggs so I guess she was doing more then we thought in there. I kept the eggs and would like to know some information on them. How long does it take for them to hatch? After hatching what do the little ones eat? How long before they will start to make cacoons? Thanks so much,
Karen Maier

NOT Imperial Moth Eggs with Caterpillars showing
(08/12/2007) Imperial moth eggs, me again w. photo
Hello,
Have a great photo of the eggs I wrote you about acouple days ago. I couldnt believe I could actually see the little guys in there. Isnt it great. LOL I will take other pics as they grow but at this rate it probably wont be long before we have little ones running around.
Karen Maier

Hi Karen,
Feed them leaves from a wide variety of trees including Bald Cypress, basswood, birch, cedar, elm, hickory, Honeylocust, maple, oak, pine, Sassafras (Sassafras albidum), Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua), sycamore, walnut. Visit BugGuide links for more info.

Hi Karen,
Thanks for sending in your photos of developing Imperial Moth Eggs. We eagerly await updates on the caterpillars progress.

NOT Imperial Moth Eggs Hatch
(08/14/2007)
Well its only been about 4 hours since I took a photo of them and sent it. But checking on them at lunch time gave us a surprise, they were hatching. So I grabbed 4 or 5 different types of tree leaves to put in the cage. Do they need water?? or is the leaves enough. I really want the little guys to have a chance or turning into those beautiful Imperial moths.
Karen Maier
PS let me know if u want any more photos as they grow or if you have enough of that type. dont want to send any you cant use.

Hi Karen,
These are not Imperial Moth caterpillars. We fear you misidentified your original moth. BugGuide has an image of a newly hatched Imperial Moth, and it does not look at all like your caterpillars. We cannot identify your specimen from this hatchling image. We suspect this is still one of the Giant Silk Moths. If you describe the moth, we may be able to identify it. It would be great if you could take a photo at each stage of development, known as instars. Each time a caterpillar molts, there is a new instar. There are five instars before pupation. You caterpillars will fulfull their water needs through the leaves they eat. Thank you for noting in your photo title that the eggs hatched after four days.

Posted 10 August 2007 § ‡ Comments (0) °

Callosamia species laying eggs: Promethia Moth or Tulip Tree Silkmoth????

tulip tree silk moth?
Hello! I thought this picture was unique and wasn’t sure if it was a tulip tree silk moth- thanks for your help!
Catherine Pangan
Indianapolis , IN

Hi Catherine,
This is definitely a moth in the genus Callosamia, but we are unsure if it is a female Promethia Moth, Callosamia promethea, or a female Tulip Tree Silkmoth, Callosamia angulifera. Our inclination is that it is a Promethia Moth, but we want to try to contact a true expert, Bill Oehlke.

Posted 04 August 2007 § ‡ Comments (0) °

Female Dobsonfly eats Blueberries and lays Eggs

Blueberries for Bailey
Hi, and thanks for such a wonderful website! Thanks to your site we were able to identify our dobsonfly. My boys named her Bailey. We’d also like to confirm that adult females do eat. I read they liked blackberries but having none I substitued blueberries and she does indeed like them. I have video of her mouthparts working the blueberry. She lives in this cage but freely comes and goes at will as the top of the cage is open. Our question is has she laid eggs? There is a frothy looking white patch in the third picture. Thanks a billion bugs!
Mary, Cal, and Cade
P.S. If these pics are too big I can resize them. I wasn’t sure what works best for you.

Hi Mary, Cal and Cade,
This is an exciting submission for us. We have always believed that adult Dobsonflies do not eat. We will see what Eric Eaton has to say about the blueberry diet. Additionally, we do believe Bailey has laid eggs. The Featured Creatures website states: “Eggs : Dobsonfly eggs are gray, cylindrical and a little less than 1.5 mm in length and 0.5 mm in width. They are laid in clusters (about 2 cm in diameter) with an average of approximately 1,000 eggs/cluster (Baker and Neunzig 1968, Mangan 1992.). The eggs are arranged in three layers, and the egg mass is covered with a clear fluid by a brushing motion of the tip of the female’s abdomen. The clear fluid dries to a white color. Superficially, the egg masses resemble large bird droppings. ” That seems like an accurate description of what your photo depicts.

Posted 02 August 2007 § ‡ Comments (0) °

Wingless Female Tussock Moth Laying Eggs

Egg Laying??
Hi Bugman…this one really has me stumped. Found it in my backyard this morning. Hopefully you can help me out on this one. Thanks
Tom Rook
Brantford, Ont. Canada
www.stockfullofnature.com

Hi Tom,
This is an exciting photo for us since we get so many requests to identify White Marked Tussock Moth Caterpillars, Orgyia leucostigma. The female Tussock Moth is flightless and lays a foamy mass of eggs. This image agrees with one posted on BugGuide.

Posted 28 June 2007 § ‡ Comments (0) °

Cecropia Moth and resulting Caterpillar Hatchlings

Cecropia Moth Hatchlings
Hi Bugman…I photographed this cecropia moth on June 8/07 after it laid eggs and the eggs hatched on June 19/07. I really enjoy your site and appreciate how much work goes into keeping it going. I noticed you don’t have these eggs on your site so thought they might be a good addition.
Tom Rook
Brantford, Ont. Canada
www.stockfullofnature.com

Hi Tom,
Thanks for sending us your Cecropia Hatchling image. We linked back to your excellent stock photography site and we hope that doesn’t crash your server.

Posted 20 June 2007 § ‡ Comments (1) °

Heteropteran Eggs and Hatchlings: Probably Coreid Bugs

Some sort of treehopper?
… noticed the eggs on Tuesday, found the hatchlings on Wednesday … cheers,
Rich Parker (Alexandria, VA)

Hi Rich,
In a very general identification, these are Hemipterans. The Hoppers used to be considered a separate Order, Homoptera, but now Hemiptera and Homoptera are viewed as the same order, Hemiptera, and Heteroptera comprises the old classification and is termed the True Bugs. These are probably in the Family Coreidae, the Big Legged Bugs or Leaf Footed Bugs but newly hatched specimens are often very difficult to properly identify and we do not recognize the eggs. Perhaps you will be able to provide us with photos of adult specimens in the future which will assist in correct identification. BugGuide has a photo of your eggs, but with the same general identification we have provided.

Posted 16 June 2007 § ‡ Comments (0) °

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