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Mystery eggs on peas

DevrimDevrim Posts: 13
in Fruit & veg
Hi everyone 

Spotted a few clumps of small cream coloured eggs on my pea leaves today. Any ideas what this could be? I've got green aphids on the peas but their eggs look different. So far they're not causing too much trouble but Im worried about what this newcomer might be! 

Thanks a lot!


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  • CeresCeres Posts: 2,698
    Those look like butterfly eggs.
  • didywdidyw Posts: 3,573
    Seconded - butterfly eggs.
    Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Green shield bug would be my guess. 
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • bcpathomebcpathome Posts: 1,313
    They are butterfly eggs ,be careful that the * babies* don’t eat your plants 
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    If they hatch into caterpillars, blue tits love them to feed babies with. I doubt they will cause much trouble.
  • SkandiSkandi Posts: 1,723
    I also think their one of the shield bugs, although I wouldn't want to guess which one.
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