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Lacewings are insects belonging to the Order Neuroptera.Eggs are deposited at night, singly or in small groups; one female produces some 100–200 eggs. Eggs are placed on plants, usually where aphids are present nearby in numbers. Each egg is hung on a slender stalk about 1 cm long, usually on the underside of a leaf.
Spotted on Feb 5, 2012
Submitted on Feb 14, 2012
16 Comments
I've never seen these before. Great find!! I would love for you to add this and any other egg photos you have to my egg mission! http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1002...
Nicely laid eggs...
What is this?
Wonderful spotting!
nice...
this is beautiful... :-)
That's one very interesting photograph/spotting. I've seen photos of these eggs and I may even have one in my files someplace, but can't find it. Do you know why the eggs are on the end of a stalk like this? Does it reduce predation by other insects, such as ants? Fascinating....
beautiful :))
Thanks sachin and Galantliy
I agree with Sachin, really good photo. Such delicate craft, and how easily destroyed if one isn't observant and attentive enough.
Lovely Shot,
Wow! Pretty.
Thank you so much Karen and Ava!
This looks like some ethereal musical instrument; so lovely!
So delicate!
nice .....but, Uttarakhand?