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Autumn Gum Moth eggs

Mnesampela privata

Description:

Small silvery ovoid eggs with slightly depressed centres arranged in no particular order on the upper surface of leaf.

Habitat:

Spotted on eucalyptus tree growing on the grounds of a tourist park - Gundagai, NSW

Notes:

These are eggs of the autumn gum moth.
Spotting of an adult - https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/22...

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2 Comments

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 2 years ago

Thank Jae. When I was little we used to get cough lollies shaped like these eggs only they were red.

Jae
Jae 2 years ago

Beautiful spotting, Leuba. Like little pearls.

Leuba Ridgway
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Leuba Ridgway

Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia

Spotted on Apr 19, 2021
Submitted on May 15, 2021

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