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  • May 20, 2009, 12:00 PM
    Hillix
    Strange eggs on the underside of my tomato plant
    I found a cluster of bright green eggs on the underside of a leaf on my tomato plant. I live in Cambridgeshire in the UK. I took them into school to show the children I teach and they have hatched. They look like very small black/brown beetles? ( approx 1.5mm) They do not move and are all clustered together. I have never seen anything like them and I cannot find anything on the internet. What can they be?
  • May 20, 2009, 12:03 PM
    Justwantfair

    Do you have a photograph?
  • May 20, 2009, 02:18 PM
    Catsmine
    Were the eggs in a line or a round cluster? They may be moth larvae rather than beetles. Have you looked at them under a lens? A picture would help.
  • May 20, 2009, 02:43 PM
    Hillix
    I will try to photograph them tomorrow. Thanks
  • May 20, 2009, 02:49 PM
    Hillix
    They were lined up in a four rows to make a cluster.
    They were very bright green and about 1-2mm long.
    They seemed to appear in the day... but I can't be sure of this fact.
    The hatchings all look very small beetle like... not disimilar to a very, very tiny black ladybird but they are not moving and don't respond when touched?
  • May 20, 2009, 02:52 PM
    Catsmine
    I'm still thinking moth, but I'll wait on pix
  • May 23, 2009, 12:54 PM
    gnahcd
    Did they look like this?
    Eggs and hatchlings - BugGuide.Net

    Here are pictures of the various species of nymphs
    pentatomid nymphs - Google Image Search

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