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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Unidentified Tracks, Sign, and Other Mysteries » Unidentified Eggs and Egg Cases
Photo#896082
Eggs
Copyright © 2014 Susan Leach Snyder

Eggs
Naples, Florida, USA
February 20, 2014
These eggs were inside a folded leaf of a strangler fig tree.
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Contributed by Susan Leach Snyder on 23 February, 2014 - 9:40am
Last updated 11 May, 2014 - 11:16am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
Can you please provide a size estimate?
… Charley Eiseman, 11 May, 2014 - 11:16am login or register to post comments

 
Sorry.
I'm sorry, but I did not actually measure the size of the eggs. As I recall, each was quite small and probably less than 1 mm long,
… Susan Leach Snyder, 12 May, 2014 - 12:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Isotomidae.
… v belov, 23 February, 2014 - 4:16pm login or register to post comments

Not Collembola eggs
For more info on Collembola eggs, check:
http://www.collembola.org/publicat/egg.htm
… Frans Janssens, 23 February, 2014 - 12:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you.
Do you have any idea what kind of eggs they could be? The springtails were inside the same leaves as were these eggs.
… Susan Leach Snyder, 23 February, 2014 - 1:15pm login or register to post comments

 
No idea, sorry
Many springtails are scavengers. So they might be attracted by the eggshells or exuvies as a foodsource.
… Frans Janssens, 23 February, 2014 - 1:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
I'll continue to examine the fig leaves and try to figure this out. So far inside folded leaves from this strangler fig tree, I've found bark lice, a bristly millipede, springtails, and these eggs. Hopefully, I'll catch something in the act of hatching.
… Susan Leach Snyder, 23 February, 2014 - 1:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Bark lice?
These at least have the general shape of bark louse eggs, although those typically are covered by some kind of webbing. Hard to say more without knowing the size.
… Charley Eiseman, 21 April, 2014 - 4:11pm login or register to post comments

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