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yellow eggs in fresh striped skunk scat
Copyright © 2012 mholland

yellow eggs in fresh striped skunk scat
Hartland, Windsor County, Vermont, USA
August 30, 2012
Size: eggs are about 3 cm.
This skunk scat was very fresh, and the eggs were inside it, not on the surface, so I am assuming they must be insect eggs that the skunk consumed. The skunk had recently dug up two yellowjacket nests nearby but I don't believe yellowjackets have yellow eggs. Does anyone know what insect laid these eggs?
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Contributed by mholland on 30 August, 2012 - 5:26pm
Last updated 22 February, 2013 - 8:06am

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I assume you mean 3 mm? If they were eggs, I would think they'd have to be orthopteran, based on the shape and size. Grasshopper eggs are laid in the ground, so that would make sense, but were they clumped together or did you find them dispersed through the scat as it appears in this photo?
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