What are these eggs?

littleme96

I just went outside to inspect my plants and came across an odd little collection of small bright green eggs, interlocked closely together in a honeycomb type shape. They were very hard, but certainly eggs of some sort (I have found a picture on another website, but no one identified them on there).

I removed them from the container, but am not sure what they are or if I should have left them? Can anyone help?

Sally_A

Were they on a tomato plant? If so I've had these, they are moth eggs and the caterpillars eat the leaves and green fruit.

soul619

picture please

bottlehalffull

butterfly or moth maybe.

Keep them somewhere in a jar (holes in the lid for air) and some damp but not wet foliage and see what hatches. If you have kids they'll love watching it.

littleme96

No Sally A, they were just laying on the soil in the container that my lily plants are in...

soul619 - They were the same as these - http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2009/05/11/green-eggs (not my website, but couldn't find anything similar on Yahoo Image Search).

Sagz_2

http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/wildlifegarden/atoz/g/greenshieldbug.aspx

They look like the could be Green Shield bugs (AKA Stink bug!)

http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/eggs-larvae-and-caterpillars/12870-green-eggs.html

littleme96

Norbertsmum wrote: »

http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/wildlifegarden/atoz/g/greenshieldbug.aspx

They look like the could be Green Shield bugs (AKA Stink bug!)

http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/eggs-larvae-and-caterpillars/12870-green-eggs.html

Thank you so much Norbertsmum, I think you're right. Am just reading those links now.

Sally_A

They look identical to the ones I get on tomatoes, resulting in a light brown or green caterpillar.