Found these eggs on higher-up spines of my Trichocereus cactus. Any idea who they belong to?
Found these eggs on higher-up spines of my Trichocereus cactus. Any idea who they belong to?
Small white spherical eggs, with small orange/brown dots, are laid in straight lines on a cactus spine
It looks like cutworm eggs. If they get really dark soon, they're almost definitely cutworm eggs.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctuidae
It's interesting they're on a cactus spine.
Nice, I was hoping for butterflies. Moths are just as cool! (Assuming that is indeed the case.) There were some other eggs which looked like they had already hatched, and those looked darker.
I thought it was interesting. I wonder if they lay eggs like this on native Opuntia spines too, or if the height of Trichocereus makes them more suitable.
Should have mentioned, I'm in SoCal right next to the San Fernando Valley.