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This female Spotted Tiger Moth came to my ultraviolet light on the 9th of June and stayed there day and night for 10 days, creating an amazingly beautiful work of art with her eggs. As the eggs aged, they began to change color, changing from pearl white to yellow to light brown and finally to a dark golden brown. Family Arctiidae.
San Cristobal de Las Casas, 2,200 meters.
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.ed... See the First Instar Nymphs hatching: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/173....
Spotted on Jun 18, 2015
Submitted on Jun 23, 2015
10 Comments
Congratulations Lauren! Very good spotting!
Thank you DrNamgyalT.Sherpa. They have all hatched!
See: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/173....
Great spotting Lauren. Seen so many moth eggs, but this one's just amazing - look at the numbers one moth can lay!
Thank you Bhagya, Ava, Daniele, Jason, Sukanya and Hema.
Hema, maybe the female created this pattern on the flat cloth surface by slightly twisting back and forth as she would if she were laying her eggs on a twig or small plant surface. It took her 12 days to lay all those eggs and she stayed nearby for 2 more days. She finally left last night. I was really surprised how much time she devoted to those eggs. All but about 10 are now golden brown. They feel really neat to run your finger over them.
Lauren,what is the reason for such artistic egg deposition? i found some katydid eggs and was very amazed by the pattern?
The eggs look like pearls...silver and gold pearls.
Really love it!!
Awesome series Lauren!
Gorgeous!
nice capture Lauren...