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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Unidentified Tracks, Sign, and Other Mysteries » Unidentified Signs on Twigs, Stems, and Stemlike Structures
Photo#1196846
Insect laying eggs in elderberry stems
Copyright © 2016 Andrew Rebelo

Insect laying eggs in elderberry stems
Northampton, Hamden County, Massachusetts, USA
March 5, 2016
Size: About 1/8 inch long.
Found these egg laying sites on elderberry stems. Upon opening, I found theses. Appear to be about 20 ovipositor scars per group in a relatively straight line.
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Contributed by Andrew Rebelo on 5 March, 2016 - 11:52am
Last updated 30 April, 2016 - 2:58pm

Resembles
damage caused by a tree cricket laying her eggs. I have seen similar damage on a grass stalk before and the eggs inside the stalk were long and narrow with a cap on the end, consistent with what a tree cricket egg is supposed to look like, so I figured that's probably what it was.
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