William found this dead moth that looks like it's wearing camouflage:
It's a Pandorus Sphinx.
Given our wasp-like experience, I decided to look up this colorful creature before investing any time in waiting for it to cocoon and hatch. Good thing. It makes a rather plain White-marked Tussock Moth . Science Friday Challenge
These eggs were found on the topside of a spaghetti squash. What kind are they? (P.S. I don't know the answer! Please send a link.)
2 comments:
I had a pandorus sphinx one time.
A little ointment took care of it, though.
Cathy,
Insect eggs can be quite difficult to identify. That being said, my standard resource suggests these are most likely eggs of Coreid bugs (e.g., leaf-footed bugs).
That being the case, and given their location, I figure they are likely from a squash bug (note--I put some "return" characters in the middle of the longer URLs so they will stay within the column):
Bug Photos
http://esc-sec.org/photo_archive/
Heteroptera09.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1354/
1410899730_ff7a97b2b0.jpg?
v=1190262699
Egg Photos
http://insects.tamu.edu/images/insects/
color/squash4.html
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3089/
2600509533_e6f90203a2.jpg?v=0
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/eggs_2.html
HTH.
Rod
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