Does anyone know of a good reference for identifying insect eggs? There are decent caterpillar books and butterfly and other insect books but they don’t seem to show eggs. Thank you.

I did a search of Amazon, and a general internet search. Bugguide has a page of insect eggs and traces (North America) but it is not ordered so you would have to scroll through - Search - BugGuide.Net Some pest control places seem to have guides to insect eggs, but those would only be pest species.…

I think I found it on Bugguide! https://bugguide.net/node/view/2970 Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle. They bright orange eggs are laid in a distinct chevron pattern. Thank you again.

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gardenflyer July 15, 2021, 5:26pm 3

Thank you. I’ve been seeing some interesting eggs, but don’t know who’s they are.

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