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Umber Skipper egg - Poanes melane
Copyright © 2014 R. Berg

Umber Skipper egg - Poanes melane
Alameda County, California, USA
May 22, 2014
Size: 1.1 mm diameter
After pulling up a weedy grass plant, I found a round, white egg on the underside of a blade. I set the plant in water for observation. A few days later, a black area appeared on the egg, as shown.

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Contributed by R. Berg on 19 August, 2014 - 11:09pm

Fantastic images
Great job of observing, recording, and presentation.
… Cliff Ivy, 27 December, 2014 - 2:48pm

 
Thank you
Thank you, sir! I now have a larva that I suspect is the same species, but its mother deposited the egg by mistake on an onion leaf that only looked like grass. It's on grass now. We'll see . . .
… R. Berg, 27 December, 2014 - 3:50pm

Great series!
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… John Schneider, 20 August, 2014 - 8:31am

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