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Update (18th March): Thanks to Tristan Bantock, I now know that these are the eggs of the Vapourer moth, Orgyia antiqua.

I might keep some of the eggs and see if I can rear them through to adults.

It was nice and warm the last two days, so on Monday I went insect hunting in the garden and took a few photos. When I got home from work today it was much colder and overcast, so I wasn’t expecting to see much, and didn’t plan to go looking.

As I put my bicycle away, something caught my eye:

Mystery Eggs! They are less than 1mm in diameter.

These are now in an insect pot and I am hoping that they will hatch soon. I should be able to get the name of the plant that I found the eggs on, which may help with an identification.

What do you think laid them? I think they look a bit like Heteoropteran bug eggs.

Tags: eggs

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