Insect or Invertebrates Identification

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The shape of butterfly eggs can vary greatly from family to family, but most are pale whitish, yellow or green in colour, although the colour can darken before hatching. Just before hatching the young larva can sometimes be seen curled up inside the transparent eggshell. After hatching the young caterpillar often eats the eggshell that contains valuable nutrients needed for healthy development.
Butterfly eggs can be smooth or textured, their shapes can be oval or round, but never bottle-shaped. Butterfly eggs are normally attached to a plant--usually the leaf- with a special fluid. This glue holds the eggs to the leaf in such a way that they cannot be separated without destroying the eggs. Small funnel-shaped openings called "micropiles" can be found on top of each egg. This is where water and air enter while the egg is developing. Each egg is surrounded by a chorion, a hard outer shell that protects the larva. Some shells have raised ribs.

So no butterfly eggs lol


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Assassin bug? O**


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^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ Lisbeth

And it is actually possible to tell the species from the eggs, at least a proper expert can.


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Google answers to almost everything if you ask the right question lol lol \O I love research and especially if you find what you are looking for =O:


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^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^

These eggs are made by the subfamily Harpactorinae, a large subfamily of the Reduviidae (assassin bugs).


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hairy caterpillar .jpg
please tell me what species this hairy fellow belongs to.....


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0/* leachy

can you please crop this photo, I can hardly see anything lol

From Kruger?

Pillars are very difficult :-?


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It has the same colours as the processionary caterpillar, but the head is different.......just to start the discussion O**


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Lappet moth caterpillar?


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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

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Klipspringer wrote: Sun Mar 29, 2020 11:54 am 0/* leachy

can you please crop this photo, I can hardly see anything lol

From Kruger?

Pillars are very difficult :-?
I am struggling to get onto the forum on my laptop, klippies

have a better image to post

we ruled out processionary caterpillars

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