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LAVENDER INSECT EGGS
Although this is a seasonal, New England-based blog, I wish to share a most unusual photograph taken by my daughter, Sadie Richards (of 7/27/10 wool carder bee photo fame), which was not taken in the winter, nor in New England; rather it was taken in September in California. Sadie noticed and photographed the lavender-colored eggs of a yet-to-be-identified insect which were laid on top of the flower stalk of a lavender plant (see lavender flowers in background). If there exists a better illustration of cryptic coloration, I have not seen it. Can you solve the mystery of what insect laid these eggs for us?
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