An egg on stick! You can find them on many substrates. Here the Lacewing (Hemerobiiformia) was on a Greeneyes (Berlandiera betonicifolia).
So this is a photo from 2019. This larva was around 3 cm and pupate fairly quickly. Furthermore it looked like a hanging dead leaf. So I imagine it would be a thorny search for the Curve-lined Owlet (Phyprosopus callitrichoides) egg. The host plant is Greenbriar (Smilax bon-nox).
And now after waiting five years I found my second one!
To show you how small it really was! It had to have been a fairly early instar.
Congrats on the owlet – 5 years is a long wait! Of course the true bugs hatch event is cool too.
Interesting article on seed dispersal – brought up so many variables and connections needed for continued survival of species and how introduced species can have such a huge effect.
Congrats on the owlet cat!! Great camo!!
Thanks!😊
Love that cat. Impressive camouflage. And of course the spider.
Actually it was a spider that I had stopped for when i saw the owlet. 😊
Congrats on the owlet – 5 years is a long wait! Of course the true bugs hatch event is cool too.
Interesting article on seed dispersal – brought up so many variables and connections needed for continued survival of species and how introduced species can have such a huge effect.
Woot! Your patience paid off!
I loved this whole post. So fun to see the “egg” stage and then the hatchlings.