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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Noctuini » Yellow Underwings (Noctua) » Large Yellow Underwing - Hodges#11003.1 (Noctua pronuba)
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large yellow underwing eggs - Noctua pronuba
Copyright © 2009 shotguneddie

large yellow underwing eggs - Noctua pronuba
Wolf Creek, Josephine County, Oregon, USA
September 13, 2009
these moths have a plan.
they seem to lay their eggs in trees shrubs and garden fences above a good food source, and i suppose the young then "rappel" down on silks. it probably is safer to do it that way, as chances are slimmer a predator will find the eggs up off the ground.
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Contributed by shotguneddie on 13 September, 2009 - 9:59pm

FYI
Egg count discussion here
… John R. Maxwell, 31 October, 2009 - 8:14am login or register to post comments

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