Strange looking eggs. |
I'm Frank McDonough, Botanical Information Consultant here at the Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden. My job is to answer your questions about plants and just about everything related to them.
Tuesday, July 11, 2017
Strange Barrel Like Eggs on Bladderpod Leaves.
I got a call today from my future Arboretum YouTube channel co-host and Crescent Garden manager artist Leigh Adams. She was all excited about a very interesting looking grouping of insect eggs she had found.
After much searching I finally found out what they were: Harlequin bug eggs. Here's the kicker -one of the most effective ways to control this bug is to destroy the eggs. That's tough because they look so cool.
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