A "mini-database" for pictures and identification of various insect eggs and egg cases found in the garden.

Here is a picture of the eggs of Wheel Bug (Arilus cristatus). Picture taken in April; you can see that they have hatched and some of the nymphs have shed their skins and left them behind. Since the nymphs are known to eat each other, that may account for some of the skeletons left behind.




Here is a pics of some of the nymphs at the same location.

Those are incredible photos!

Great photos! What kind of plants and in what area do they infest? I'd never heard of them!

I noticed the eggs early this spring after going to inspect the dead tree limb that they were housed on. They don't infest any plants that I know of as they are predators of soft bodied insects, dining mainly on beetles and caterpillars. I've observed them eating beetles in my garden, flying insects and spiders too. They're considered beneficial since they will eat bugs like Japanese beetles and larvae that damage plants. But, they're indiscriminate eaters and will eat other beneficials... it's not perfect but I usually leave them alone. They are good at hiding, so maybe that's why you haven't seen any? I think they can be found all over North America.

Nymph and long horned beetle -


Adult

Thought I should mention, they don't actually "eat" their victim but they inject enzymes, paralyzing it and dissolving its insides, and then drains all of the victim's bodily fluids.

Interesting eggs? found on the back of plum leaf.

Can anyone identify what this is. It has popped up on a few of my persimmon saplings. I've been cleaning off the leaves or pulling them off and throwing them in the fire pit. I'm sure there is a better way to go about it. It's causing some leaves to be
deformed or damaged. :(

Sorry, Spore, I cannot tell what I'm looking at. It's a little too blurry. Can you describe what you're seeing or get a clearer picture?

Kind of looks like mealy bugs to me, but I'm not really sure.

Good evening, I was wondering if anyone could help me identify these insects/eggs? I found them under several leaves on my yellow pepper plants.

Thanks in advance.

Those remind me of something I saw a couple of months ago. I thought they were eggs but they turned out to be seeds. Do you have any spores growing?

Take a look at these: http://garden.org/thread/view_...

They could be some other kind of seeds being splashed on the leaves from rain? Not sure where you are located or if you are having any rain but that's what it reminds me of.

@wildflowers, we live in Miami FL. and it's not any kind of seed. I also see what looks like whiteflies or some other tiny white fly on these plants in minor quantities.

Whitefly eggs are clear color. Most eggs are typically in a more uniform pattern, if you know what I mean. Not so haphazardly as the ones in your picture.
You might want to check to see if back things are moving, maybe black aphids? Or flea beetles which are known to attack anything in the Solanaceae family which includes peppers. I see that there is also what looks like a white film in the areas where the black things are.

I'm at a loss. Let's ask @mellielong if she can help you? She lives in the southern part of Florida, I think. Maybe she will have an idea or by some crazy chance she's seen them before.

Anything Woofie?

No idea here, but UF has a pretty good paper on all the things that attack peppers: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pi040

They almost look like some sort of aphids.

I saw this Tomato Hornworm on my Cherokee Purple plant that still churning them out ... but the lil critter had already been done in by a Braconid wasp . Sorta late in the year for the moth to just be emerging ?

Great pic, Peg! I don't know for sure but it seems like many things are running late in the bug world.

Here's an egg sac from the Garden spider Argiope aruantia.


Lynx spider guarding egg sac

Hello all. I have an outdoor cat palm and it seems to be struggling. I keep finding these egg sac like clusters, some underneath and some on top of the leaves. Also the stems are a blackish color and cant figure out why. Any help?

I don't know much about your plant but it's probably some kind of pest like mealy bugs. I see that you have browning on some of the leaves which may be caused by the pest too.

Here I found some good info from other members about your plant that might be helpful:
https://garden.org/frogs/view/...