Subject: Blue Insect Eggs
Location: Vancouver Washington
June 12, 2014 1:57 pm
While trimming a Hawthorn tree I found this clutch of eggs on a twig, about the size of a cocktail straw. I’m a fan of bugs so I’m not inclined to destroy them, but I am very curious about what they are going to be. There are a lot of insect eggs on the web, however nothing that looks like this.
Signature: Thank you, Brenda Bateman
Hi Brenda,
We agree that these appear to be eggs, but we know not their identity. Based on the size, nearly 1/16 inch, the only possible insect suspect we can think of is a Giant Silkmoth in the family Saturniidae, however, our brief research did not produce any likely candidates for laying blue eggs on Hawthorn. Perhaps one of our readers will write in with a comment that leads to an answer.
Thank you for the response! I appreciate the effort and will watch the site for additional comments.
Brenda