Vapourer Moth Eggs Mass

e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
edited October 10, 2015 in Holy Macro
During a mushroom foray (Basing Forest) someone found this. The eggs reminded me of those of the Vapourer moth Orgyia antiqua but seemed an excessive output for one small moth. On further thought,, only a flightless moth would lay all its eggs in one location, and not increase their survival chances by spreading them around the forest. So I think is must be this species, in which the female has only rudimentary wings.

With the subject and camera both hand-held, the plane of focus is not quite right.

Harold

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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited October 9, 2015
    Cool find!
  • e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
    edited October 9, 2015
    Stumblebum wrote: »
    Cool find!

    Thanks.

    I have managed to find another possibility. Some geometrid moth females are wingless and lay their eggs in this close pattern. (The Vapourer is Lymantriidae).

    Harold
  • ThelensspotThelensspot Registered Users Posts: 2,041 Major grins
    edited October 9, 2015
    Love the sense of texture here, Harold. Nice.
    "Photography is partly art and partly science. Really good photography adds discipline, sacrifice and a never ending pursuit of photographic excellence"...ziggy53

  • e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
    edited October 9, 2015
    Thelensspot wrote: »
    Love the sense of texture here, Harold. Nice.

    Cobblestones?

    Thanks, Wayne.

    Harold
  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited October 10, 2015
    Lovely find and shot Harold
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  • e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
    edited October 10, 2015
    Lord Vetinari wrote: »
    Lovely find and shot Harold
    Brian v.

    Thanks, Brian.

    My wife found that one.

    Harold
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