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 Little embryos inside the eggs - What animal?
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| pwalter |
Posted on 29-01-2009 17:08
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 Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Hi, this egg-mass was found in Hungary, forest, on a leaf approx. 10 cm high from ground, by a small brook, middle of October. Would be very interesting to know the animal. I think it can't be an amphibian. Maybe a slug? snail? The mass was about 1 cm diameter.
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 29-01-2009 21:39
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 654 Joined: 17.10.06 |
I think there are some caddiesflies (Trichoptera) that lay gelatinous egg masses on leaves overhanging the water. John Bratton |
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 29-01-2009 21:39
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 654 Joined: 17.10.06 |
Opps. I meant caddisflies. |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 30-01-2009 00:47
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7327 Joined: 19.11.04 |
I agree with John on this - see http://www.nature...09-16e.htm The black dots on the embryos will be the black eyes which are characteristic of many Trichoptera larvae Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| pwalter |
Posted on 01-02-2009 00:03
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Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Hi! Thanks for all the infos! I think than that these embryos must belong to Ironoquia dubia caddisfly. I found a specimen just cms away from the egg mass. It's almost unique of our caddisflies because it swarmes in Autumn (October, this time). Here are the embryos and the animal: pwalter attached the following image:  [91.07Kb] |
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