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Yellow circular eggs

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There are little yellow circular eggs in my patio pots. I presume they are some insect or another - but what, and how to get rid of them?




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did you buy them with these in the compost? if yes they are slow release fertiliser so dont worry.

30 Jun, 2010

 

Most frequently asked question, this one. There are no common insect eggs which look like this, either they are too small to see with the naked eye or they are clear or milky white as in mollusc eggs.

30 Jun, 2010

 

these are garden snail eggs or fertiliser as seaburn sais.

30 Jun, 2010

 

fertiliser wont squish so just get one and do egsactly that and you will know .take care bye for now .

30 Jun, 2010

 

Sorry NP, but garden snail eggs are clear or just before they hatch are milky white.

30 Jun, 2010

 

I think like SBG these are SRF

30 Jun, 2010

 

Definitely Osmocote:

http://www.zahradnictvisedlcany.com/catalog/images/osmocote.jpg

30 Jun, 2010

 

once the contents are nearly all used the 'shell' does fill with water and do squish and ooze liquid. they also come in a range of sizes too and sometimes colours. I had a bag of blue & green ones and I think they also do this so you can tell if they are for rhodedendrons etc.
I cannot think of any soil dweller that has yellow eggs either.

30 Jun, 2010

 

ow fair enough it was just a guess realy i know snails have quite big eggs even for the size of them and i wasnt sure . im getting confused with giant land snail eggs to that are yellowy green sorry again .

30 Jun, 2010

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