Monomad: Lacewing's Balloons

6 months ago

Those are not balloons that were always displayed on the streets by vendors. They're just insect eggs. At first glance, it looks strange. How can there be eggs like a row of balloons like that? But that's the fact. Those are lacewing eggs. Lacewings lay their eggs on twigs or behind leaves. Typically, in the cruel wilderness, the eggs are not saved. Uninvited guests, like ants, often come for lunch.

^{This is another entry I submitted for the daily #monomad challenge.}

^{All these photos are my original work, taken with a Xiaomi POCO NFC smartphone and an assembled external macro lens.}

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@nanixxx 74

6 months ago

I loved every one of these pictures.

And since I didn't know what the bug was, I went to investigate. I think it's a biological controller.

A generalist predator for the control of a wide range of pests including aphids, caterpillars, mealybugs and scale insects. Supplied as adults in packs of 100, or as eggs (which hatch into larvae during transit) in packs of 500 or 2,000.
Also available in a ‘Garden Pack’ containing 500 lacewing eggs, 6 lacewing release boxes and 2 yellow sticky traps.
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