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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Unknown noctuid eggs, hatchlings, or pupae
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Tiny caterpillars and eggs
Copyright © 2013 Jennifer Forman Orth

Tiny caterpillars and eggs
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
September 11, 2006
Found these tiny bluish eggs on the upper surface of a Japanese knotweed leaf. The caterpillars had just hatched. Photo is from 2006, I was wondering if anyone might be able to id the family/genus/species?

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Contributed by Jennifer Forman Orth on 1 September, 2013 - 8:51am
Last updated 22 February, 2014 - 3:33pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Eggs & Hatchlings.
Noctua pronuba would be my guess too, but definitely noctuid eggs in any case.
… Charley Eiseman, 22 February, 2014 - 3:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I never updated this past "moth" so thanks for the reminder. Actually *just* revisited the data set this is from over this past week, so it's oddly timely.
… Jennifer Forman Orth, 22 February, 2014 - 10:43pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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… john and jane balaban, 23 September, 2013 - 9:46pm login or register to post comments

maybe
since I've seen them lay on the top of leaves..
… Edna Woodward, 1 September, 2013 - 8:58am login or register to post comments

 
Interesting!
They do look similar.
… Jennifer Forman Orth, 1 September, 2013 - 9:25am login or register to post comments

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