This is where it all starts ...

BugsrusBugsrus Registered Users Posts: 182 Major grins
edited May 22, 2016 in Holy Macro
The first swallowtail eggs of the year on the fennel plants.

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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited May 22, 2016
    Well spotted and lovely capture Edwin
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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited May 22, 2016
    Pretty cool!
  • e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
    edited May 22, 2016
    Bugsrus wrote: »
    The first swallowtail eggs of the year on the fennel plants.

    1K0A6066-L.jpg

    Well spotted. Are they laid singly, rather than in groups?

    Harold
  • BugsrusBugsrus Registered Users Posts: 182 Major grins
    edited May 22, 2016
    e6filmuser wrote: »
    Well spotted. Are they laid singly, rather than in groups?

    Harold

    Hello Harold

    Singly. The only fennel plant I really inspected has four or five individual eggs. I'll try to document the next few stages. The eggs go dark shortly before hatching, and the first stage larvae are about 1 mm long and do a fantastic impression of a bird dropping.

    Ed

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  • e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
    edited May 22, 2016
    Bugsrus wrote: »
    Hello Harold

    The eggs go dark shortly before hatching

    Standard procedure for insect eggs!

    Harold
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