By Marta555
Does anybody know what this is? Spider eggs? What type? Should they be destroyed?
Thank you in advance for any help.
10 Jan, 2015
Answers
That looks like the nest of an aphid (a large one!) But I'm not sure... mabye some one else would know better
10 Jan, 2015
Aphids either lay eggs on/in stems and they are very resilent to temp extremes or give birth to live females. They don't make nests.
10 Jan, 2015
Looks like the ootheca of a preying mantis and a one that was formed fairly recently. Or perhaps the cocoon of a cecropia moth.
From the size of it, if this is from a spider, I don't want to be around when mama gets back.
11 Jan, 2015
Good grief! I'm afraid I can't help, but I'll be interested to know.
11 Jan, 2015
Welcome to Goy. Lovely photos. In 2010 someone asked about a similar looking problem. 'Pulvinaria hydrangeae' was suggested as an answer, an hydrangea aphid. If you highlight the name then right click on it and click on 'search in google' on the drop down menu which will appear you can check it out. I did that with the cecropia moth answer and I do not think that fits. The preying mantis fits better. I hope you can solve the puzzle and let us know.
11 Jan, 2015
until we know wherein the world; it is purely conjecture.
11 Jan, 2015
Marta has posted a blog with a link to this parasitic wasp.
https://palmbeachcountyextension.wordpress.com/2012/01/12/a-beneficial-insect-to-papaya/
she has found the culprit but harmless to us and beneficial to papaya.
11 Jan, 2015
Interesting. Thanks.
12 Jan, 2015
Marta 555 has posted the message below as another blog. Not noticing that answers in reply to answers should be posted on the original post seems to be the mistake most newcomers make more often than any other. I was puzzled when I first joined. Can anyone suggest a way around the problem?
"Yesterday I sent pictures of a cottony white sac and inquired if anybody knew what it was. Thank you to the 5 people who wrote back asking more questions or with comments. The white cottony sack belongs to a braconid insect, a wasp to be exact, which is a beneficial to papaya. Pretty neat!
https://palmbeachcountyextension.wordpress.com/2012/01/12/a-beneficial-insect-to-papaya/"
12 Jan, 2015
just by messaging them I suspect. or suggesting they read the guidelines when they join.
I posted her response on this thread earlier yesterday.
12 Jan, 2015
It is certainly a 'nest' /cocoon of some sort. Whereabouts in the world do you live.? what plant is it on? is it indoors or out?
Sorry about the questions but it'll make it easier to answer you.
Welcome to GoY too.
10 Jan, 2015