I discovered this very disturbing-looking line of scales (scale insects?) on a little corn plant that I have in a window. Does anyone know what these things are, and if I should throw away the whole plant or can I just cut off this leaf?
Annoyingly, this plant has been living next to a Monstera that has been battling thrips, but this looks very different from both those bugs and eggs.
by _margaret_
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katydid egg
Yes but with their ability to queue so nicely it feels impolite to remove them
Looks like katydid eggs.
Someone planned it
Those appear to be some type of Katydid eggs.
I don’t know what it is, but I’ll echo everyone and say these are very polite katydid eggs. Keep them, for science.
Edit – I’m joking about the last part btw. You don’t want locusts to decimate your collection
Lucky duck!
Katydid what?
Isn’t Nature amazing?!? I saw this once while working in landscape maintenance. Investigated and yes! Katydid eggs! Neatly hidden on the underside of a leaf, lined up like sequins!
How would this happen inside ?
wow, this made my skin absolutely crawl.
a very organized invasion.
It’s such a shame that it’s a pest.
Because, wow, it created its own art! Magnificent, really! And fascinating!
Don’t call it a comeback
Thank you all! As disturbing/fascinating as those eggs are, I cut off that leaf and put it outside – the katydids can hatch and live out their lives outdoors. I’m just relieved it’s not scale insects.
I have no idea how a katydid could have gotten inside (or where it went 😬) – we live in an apartment in an urban area, so I assume it hitched a ride indoors on something. Hopefully, it found its way back outside.
A trypophobia I was unaware of until this post. *My stomach hurts.*
I always loooooove these
These are most definitely Katie’s eggs! Down to the color and line of eggs and color! Usually, mom would be near the eggs, so she may be dead somewhere…. pretty neat, but yeah, where did she come from, Wild!
Freaking out way over here. 😳
Well now that I know these are katydids I feel much less repulsed. Cuz that made my arms ache.