Bet that made it's eyes water

Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
edited June 5, 2015 in Holy Macro
14-spot ladybird with what I assume are newly laid eggs. I thought the smaller ladybirds would have smaller eggs but they seem to be the same size as the larger ladybird's eggs, just fewer of them.
Brian V.

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  • e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
    edited June 3, 2015
    Brian,

    Interesting. Maybe you will find the larvae later one. The eggs should hatch in the next few days.

    Harold
  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited June 3, 2015
    Oh my! What a cutie! Brilliant as usual Brian!
  • chaddchadd Registered Users Posts: 80 Big grins
    edited June 3, 2015
    Nice set. But that's quite disgusting. I hate ladybirds eggs.
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited June 4, 2015
    Thanks all for the comments - appreciated :)

    chadd- ladybird eggs are fine soft boiled

    Brian V.
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  • GattoGatto Registered Users Posts: 413 Major grins
    edited June 4, 2015
    Brian I just took this one today and thought the same thing you did "look a ladybird with new eggs", but after one hours she was still there but the eggs were gone !...maybe they were someone else's eggs and she was just making herself an Omelette ...Laughing.gif


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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited June 4, 2015
    Maybe it is Ladybug's Easterne_nau.gif
  • e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
    edited June 4, 2015
    The Harlequin eats eggs of other insects, including ladybirds.

    Harold
  • IPClarkIPClark Registered Users Posts: 2,355 Major grins
    edited June 4, 2015
    Very nice captures Brian :) Well spotted.
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited June 5, 2015
    Thanks all for the comments. :):
    Gatto - Not certain but think she was actually laying the last egg when I first spotted her. Her rear end was in the air a bit and the egg was underneath her.

    Brian V.
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