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26-04-2007, 12:36 PM
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Found these on some gorse, any ideas as to what they are? 
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26-04-2007, 12:54 PM
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they look like some kind of butterfly or moth egg to me, but i'm not an expert on the butterflies and moths!
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26-04-2007, 01:06 PM
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had a google of gorse as a larval food plant, there are a couple of possibles - Double-striped Pug and Agonopterix nervosa, both moths which use gorse as a larval food plant. not sure whether this helps or not, hope so. keep an eye on them and send some pics of what hatches! 
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26-04-2007, 01:24 PM
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They could also be eggs of the gorse shieldbug (Piezodorus lituratus). There's a picture of an almost identical double row on plate 14 of Roger Hawkins' Shieldbugs of Surrey. |
26-04-2007, 01:27 PM
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Yes, I'd go for a true bug - Hemiptera: Heteroptera; they lay their eggs in neat pattersn like this. If it's on gorse then it is quite likely to be a gorse bug! The only way to find out is to hatch some of them out .... 
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26-04-2007, 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul mabbott  Yes, I'd go for a true bug - Hemiptera: Heteroptera; they lay their eggs in neat pattersn like this. If it's on gorse then it is quite likely to be a gorse bug! The only way to find out is to hatch some of them out .... | always nice to be corrected by some one who really know's what they are talking about! we live and learn 
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26-04-2007, 01:48 PM
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thanks for the replies!! I think i will go for the gorse shield bug as there are hundreds all over it lol.
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26-04-2007, 08:25 PM
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they also liked Broom in my old garden. lovely looking critters as bugs go. |
27-04-2007, 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by almostnormal always nice to be corrected by some one who really know's what they are talking about! | If we can't find one, will I do? | | |
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