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Quiz: Name that ovum!
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 3:36 pm
by Pete Eeles
Just to spice things up during the winter "break" - have a stab at guessing the species to which the 4 ova below belong.
Clue 1: They were all taken today, and the species therefore hibernate as ova.
Clue 2: They are different species.
Cheers,
- Pete
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:41 pm
by Cotswold Cockney
Not easy ~ but, here goes:
Brown Hairstreak
High Brown/Dark Green or even SilverWashed Frit.
Most of these Frits actually hibernate as a fully formed larva ~ inside the shell although the SW usually leaves the shell before winter. I once found an egg like this on Blackthorn ~ it was some moth.
Purple Hairstreak
Black Hairstreak
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:11 pm
by Pete Eeles
Oooh - very good.
1. Correct - Brown Hairstreak.
2. Yes - one of those 3, but only one hibernates as an ovum - albeit it with a fully-formed larva inside
... High Brown Fritillary.
3. Correct - Purple Hairstreak.
4. Wrong
Correct family though (Lycaenidae).
Cheers,
- Pete
Ovum Identification
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 7:12 pm
by COLIN BAKER
Great ovum photos Pete.
Sticking my neck firmly in the air I will plum for:-
4/ Silver-studded Blue
Cheers
Colin
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:09 am
by Pete Eeles
Bingo!
Er ... I mean "correct". Well done Colin!
Cheers,
- Pete