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A great number of insect eggs or cocoons linked by a silk line. They are about 3mm long. My guess is that the line was used for attaching them to a branch but, for some reason, it got loose. Some eggs/cocoons already hatched ( the cap like cover of one of them can be seen in photos #1 and #3, hanging from the empty one.
Spotted on Aug 15, 2012
Submitted on Aug 16, 2012
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Very interesting find Sergio. Maybe we are finding similar spottings because of the similar latitud. Mine Lat: 22.11, Long: -101.01
Autnance, they may very well be cocoons. I checked several times after these photo was taken, but I never saw either a hatchling or an adult insect. Actually, I didn't imagine that larvae could pup together (yes, I am naive sometimes...), so eggs were the first thing that came to my mind.
Are they eggs or cocoons? Compare: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/138... and http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/146...
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No, Mark, but I will go back there tomorrow.
Fascinating asergio. Did you keep an unopened one?
Very interesting!