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Easter egg hunt 2022!
Published on: April 11, 2022

It's that time of year again for UC IPM's semi annual Easter Egg hunt!

Can you guess which insect, spider, or mollusk laid the eggs pictured below? These critters may already be hiding in your home, landscape, or garden! Leave a comment with your guesses. Answers will be posted on Friday, April 15.

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Public Value: UCANR: Promoting healthy people and communities
Focus Area Tags: Pest Management
Tags: beneficial (17), Easter (9), egg (4), hunt (9), insect (17), pest (177), spider (15), UC IPM (373)
Comments: 6
Comments:
by Frank McDonough
on April 12, 2022 at 8:51 AM
1. Brown widow egg cases  
2. Cockroach egg cases  
3. Scale insect with parasites or young -not an egg. 4. Plant bug egg.  
5. Leaf miners under and above leaf epidermis, not eggs. 6. Beetle larvae, not eggs.
by Heidi Behnke
on April 12, 2022 at 9:36 AM
A is black widow. C is scale F is earwigs
by Anne Schellman
on April 12, 2022 at 11:08 AM
I love this easter "egg" hunt! I won't guess as I know many of them, but you've stumped me on a few! ;) Looking forward to the answers.
by Soraya (Thornhill) Hossaini
on April 12, 2022 at 9:05 PM
A - Brown Widow Spider Sacs  
B - Corn Blotch leafminer  
C - Cottony cushion scale egg sac  
D - Indian walking stick egg  
E - Coddling Moth eggs and newly hatched larvae  
F - Earwigs Eggs
by Yvonne Rasmussen
on April 12, 2022 at 9:09 PM
Love that these are not all PESTS. Some good guys in the garden too.  
think I know them all, but will wait to see.
by Carol Dacanay
on April 12, 2022 at 10:06 PM
C is cottony cushion scale
 
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