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Eggs - Alsophila pometaria
Copyright © 2012 Ashley Bradford

Eggs - Alsophila pometaria
Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
December 16, 2012
Fall Cankerworm Moth eggs laid overnight by my captive female moth, while I contained her till I had time to photograph her the following evening. I did and then released her, but now I have these eggs... Perhaps I'll try to rear them?

There are 128 of them - 126 here and two off to the side out of the frame. Mother moth is here:

Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 17 December, 2012 - 5:11pm

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