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I found a tiny bunch of moth eggs on a wall, each was less than 1 mm in length. They were very beautiful magnified, with toothed ridges and an irridescent coloring. The tiny larvae were visible inside of the eggs one day prior to hatch (second picture). The larvae were dark with a white band on each side of the body, about 1.5 mm long. They all migrated to the lid of the container and hung downwards from silk threads. They also all had problems dislodging the egg shell from the last prolegs and carried the shell around with them for a couple of days. I released them, still with their egg shells, onto the leaves of a peach tree. Once on the leaves, many adopted the classic looper branch mimic position (last picture). Family Geometridae.
Semi-rural residential area, San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, 2,200 meters.
Spotted on Apr 13, 2018
Submitted on Jul 25, 2018
12 Comments
Thank you for the honor of SOTD, Daniele. And thank you Mark, Pam and Leuba.
Congratulations Lauren !
Amazing photographs Lauren... very worthy of SOTD !
Congrats Lauren. Very worthy.
Congratulations Lauren, this amazing series is our Spotting of the Day:
"We're not quite moth-ed-out yet on Project Noah! We received more outstanding contributions on #NationalMothWeek than we could possibly acknowledge, and we would like to highlight some fantastic documentation by Lauren Zarate, a medical entomologist based in Mexico. In this spotting Lauren followed geometrid eggs developing through to first instar larvae. In this shot, a larva is seen with its eggshell still attached to some of its prolegs. Make sure to check the whole series! https://buff.ly/2O49Z4G
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Posting till August 5th included will still earn you our Moth Week 2018 patch.
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Thank you so much Hema, Daniele, Ashley, Gilma, Mark and Leuba.
That is a fantastic spotting Lauren -what a lovely sight seeing a catty come out of an egg !. I wish they all do well...Thanks for bringing this to us.
That 4th photo is truly fabulous.
Congratulations! Hope you win because your spotting has a great series and it was very enlighten...
Your spotting has been nominated for the Spotting of the Week. The winner will be chosen by the Project Noah Rangers based on a combination of factors including: uniqueness of the shot, status of the organism (for example, rare or endangered), quality of the information provided in the habitat and description sections. There is a subjective element, of course; the spotting with the highest number of Ranger votes is chosen. Congratulations on being nominated!
Beautiful documentation Lauren!
Simply beautiful,Lauren!