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Genduara punctigera
Multiple small grey brown eggs about 2mm wide in a cluster. Eggs were oblate with two white rimmed dark patches, one on top and one one the side. The latter were slightly larger in size.
These were spotted on the bark of a stringy bark tree (Eucalyptus). If these are the eggs of the Crexa moth, they usually feed on native cherries (Exocarpos cupressiformis) http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/130... and there are a number of these trees across the road from where the eggs were spotted...
References state that the Crexa moth eggs are brown in colour but these had a grey/white bloom...puzzling / is there an explanation for this ? Also, why were they laid on the bark of a gum tree ? Other references: http://bugs.bio.usyd.edu.au/learning/res... http://www.ozanimals.com/Insect/Crexa-Mo... http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au... Adult male of this species http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/205...
3 Comments
amazing find. great series
I wonder if it is related to them stacking together closer or adhering together sideways (sometimes?). The moth clearly uses some adhesive at the base of the eggs.
I wonder what the 'side' patch is. Maybe they had a window while they grew.