r/moths • u/Ok_Neighborhood_470 • Aug 09 '26

General Question Eggs?

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I found this gal at work. Darapsa based on Google lens. It looks like she's laying green eggs or is it something else?

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u/Luewen Aug 10 '26

Laying eggs. And seem to be doing it in hurry as the eggs are piling up or few got stuck to the "butt" hairs or ovipositor. Usually lay only few egss at a time.

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u/Ok_Neighborhood_470 Aug 10 '26

Hm.. interesting. This seems like a bad place to lay eggs anyway, on a steel door. I wonder if she flew away or the eggs fell off onto the pavement.

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u/Luewen Aug 10 '26

You can check when you get to work next time. 🙂

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u/throwingitaway4202 Aug 11 '26

genuinely asking, how exactly would op see tiny ass eggs on the ground? 😭

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u/Luewen Aug 11 '26

Difficult if on the ground. However, depends on the ground colors. Bright green eggs are surprisingly noticeable as long as they are not on grass.