It is @floralies though it looks like maybe something more interesting than the common carder? Maybe that's just because it looks so new and shiny though!
Inspecting my silverbush (Convolvulus cneorum) specimens this morning, found this neatly arranged cluster of insect eggs. Probably one of the Pentatomidae family (Stink Bugs).
About one third eggs opened; are the remaining ones still "alive"?
These are often attacked by predatory wasps that lay their eggs into some of the shield bug egg cases. The hatched ones could have been wasps. Normally the shield bug nymphs can be found by the eggs if they've recently hatched but the wasps skedaddle pretty quickly.
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2 commas and 1 speckled wood. A beautiful peacock butterfly feeding on the tiny flowers of Sarocococca confusa outside our kitchen window for a very long time. Must be a good source of nectar even though they are tiny flowers there are loads of them. Loads of bees around but too quick to ID them....even if I could!
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Depends where you are in the country I guess.
Total length of egg cluster: 11 millimetres.
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Martin Luther KingLoads of bees around but too quick to ID them....even if I could!