Subject: Dead moth and egg like thing
Location: Chennai, India
February 13, 2013 8:54 am
Hello ,
I photographed this image in my garden. This dead moth was bound by web near these eggs like thing. Can you explain ?
Signature: Seema
Hi Seema,
We can only speculate on this melodrama, but we have a relatively good idea what happened. This female moth was snared by a spider that fed upon the fluids of the moth, killing it. As it was dying, the moth laid eggs. We will try to determine a family for this moth.
Gastropacha sp. possibly?