Can someone identify these insect eggs? I viewed another forum stating that they (eggs similar to these) were wood mites. I'm doubting that these eggs are from mites because they were laid on the plastic covering swing chains. We are in a lightly wooded area in the Chesapeake region.
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Certain types of moths will lay their eggs on the back of plastic, leaves, or even walls. These look like moth eggs on this piece of plastic. The moth I am thinking of because of the way the eggs are stacked on top of each other is a very small white moth that we sometimes call white flies here in Tahiti. We get a lot of these during our summer months here and they sure love to go on all our tomatoes, cucumber, and green bean plants here. They are a pain and can really destroy the leaves of our plants. I always need to take a spray bottle filled with water and a little dish soap to spray the leaves of the plants to keep them away.
This is an excellent photo! Wish I could help. I'm impressed by the unique engineering: geometric pattern and layers. These are so tiny; I'd probably keep an eye on them and see what "develops". :-)
Are they pink? If so, they are moth eggs. I used to know the type, but it is escaping me.
It's unusual that an insect/bug would lay eggs on plastic but this type of plastic covering chains is soft and pliable so that may be why.
You can send your pictures and questions to your local county extension agency and they can probably help with ID and also what to do if you see anymore.
They know your area and probably can answer quickly.
Be sure to tell them the color of the eggs.
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