Topic: eggs and caterpillars

[peanuts]

i'm used to searching for and squashing the minute groups of orange/yellow eggs on the undersides of the brassica leaves, and there are plenty this year.  But I've never seen eggs this colour.  What might they be?  Can anyone identify them?

[Beersmith]

Several types of butterfly lay green eggs. Could be a peacock or fritillary. That's the limit of my knowledge, though..

Might be worth taking a very close look at the shape. Some are round and smooth. Some look like tiny gooseberries.  That might help with the identification.

Cheers

[peanuts]

Having looked more closely, they are definitely round and smooth, not gooseberry-like at all.  I'm wondering if they might be eggs from a shield bug?  We certainly have those  around the veg patch.  I don't know anything about these bugs, but just recognise them from  online photos.

[lezelle]

Hi Ya, I looked it up and found this. If they match yours they are green shield bugs.