Easter Egg Hunt 2023!

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Easter Egg Hunt 2023!

Published on: April 3, 2023

It's time for UC IPM's Easter egg hunt!

Can you guess which insects laid the eggs pictured below? Some may be pests, while others may be beneficial! Leave a comment on this blog post with your guesses, or on our Facebook and Instagram posts.

Answers will be posted on Friday, April 7^th.

Public Value: UCANR: Protecting California's natural resources

Focus Area Tags: Pest Management, Yard & Garden

Tags: easter (9), egg (4), Integrated Pest Management (43), IPM (120), Management (67), Pest (177), UCIPM (85), Urban (33)

Comments: 4

Comments:

by Anne Schellman

on April 4, 2023 at 10:10 AM

A-Mosquito eggs
B- stink bug eggs
C- Beautiful! No idea.
D- Some type of cockroach?
E- Stumped again!
F- lacewing eggs.
Can't wait to see the answers!

Reply by Lauren Fordyce

on April 7, 2023 at 8:21 AM

Nice try! The correct answers are listed below. See our latest blog post with more details on each of these insects!
A. Mosquitos
B. Squash bug
C. Spined assassin bugs
D. American cockroach
E. Forest tent caterpillar
F. Green lacewing

by Anne Sutherland

on April 4, 2023 at 9:38 PM

1-Mosquito egg raft?
2-Squash bug
3-Assassin bug?
4-Tent caterpillar?
5-Praying mantis
6-Lacewing

Reply by Lauren Fordyce

on April 7, 2023 at 8:22 AM

Nice try! The correct answers are listed below. See our latest blog post with more information on each of these insects!
A. Mosquito
B. Squash bug
C. Spined assassin bug
D. American cockroach
E. Forest tent caterpillar
F. Green lacewing