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Produce => Pests & Diseases => Topic started by: peanuts on July 18, 2018, 09:29:46
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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?
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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
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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.
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Hi Ya, I looked it up and found this. If they match yours they are green shield bugs.