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Golden eggs

Any egg expert out there who could identify these?

comments (8)

Christine Young

Lion

My guess would be that they are in the family Coreidae. Posted 3 years ago
1. Flavio
  
  Lion
  
  Thank you for your help :-) Posted 3 years ago

Calbost Niel

Lion

I'm not an eggspert Posted 3 years ago
1. Flavio
  
  Lion
  
  Hahaha! Well said! :-D Posted 3 years ago

RMFelix

Lion

I agre with Christine, seems Coreidae.
Nice photo. Posted 3 years ago
1. Flavio
  
  Lion
  
  Thank you very much ;-) Posted 3 years ago
2. 1. RMFelix
    
    Lion
    
    I believe you photographed this eggs on Pistacia lentiscus, right?
    If so, this pearly colored eggs could probably be from Plinachtus imitator:
    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318984249_Notes_on_Plinachtus_imitator_Reuter_1891_including_the_first_records_for_Albania_Hemiptera_Heteroptera_Coreidae_Coreinae_Gonocerini Posted 3 years ago
  2. 1. Flavio
      
      Lion
      
      That makes a lot of sense, I have seen a lot of Plinachtus imitator on that area. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge :-D Posted 3 years ago

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The Plinachtus imitator

Plinachtus imitator is a species of true bugs that belongs to the Coreidae Family.

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Similar species: True Bugs

Species identified by Flavio

By Flavio

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Uploaded Jan 16, 2022. Captured Aug 4, 2021 08:12 in Quinta Argentina, Moncarapacho, Faro, 8700-100 Moncarapacho, Portugal.

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