Am sure most of you have seen at least once before, a line of tiny, dark, brown eggs on a window or wall; each egg measuring barely two milimeters in length and there would be ten to fifteen eggs all lined up neatly in a row?
Have you ever wondered which insect laid those eggs? Well, I have!
And I've actually wondered about that for quite a long time.....
What caught my eye was the dark cast of a weird-looking bug on my sliding door so I went closer for a good look. As it turned out, what I had thought was a long tail was the row of eggs and there was this bug standing over it laying its eggs.
I watched for a few seconds and then grabbed my camera...
Here's my first glimpse of the insect in the process of laying its eggs.
A ventral view of the bug from behind the glass door looking out.
Have you ever wondered which insect laid those eggs? Well, I have!
And I've actually wondered about that for quite a long time.....
What caught my eye was the dark cast of a weird-looking bug on my sliding door so I went closer for a good look. As it turned out, what I had thought was a long tail was the row of eggs and there was this bug standing over it laying its eggs.
I watched for a few seconds and then grabbed my camera...
Here's my first glimpse of the insect in the process of laying its eggs.
A ventral view of the bug from behind the glass door looking out.
And here's another view of the insect, this time from the outside.
Am glad it didn't fly away and continued to finish laying the last of its eggs while I set up my tripod and got this shot.
Am glad it didn't fly away and continued to finish laying the last of its eggs while I set up my tripod and got this shot.
Looks to be some kind of Squash Bug, though I can't be certain of its exact species id.
Anyway, this bug measured approximately 26 mm in length.
One bug mystery solved!
Almost!
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