Ich entdeckte diese sehr störend aussehende Linie von Skalen (skalierende Insekten?) Auf einer kleinen Maisanlage, die ich in einem Fenster habe. Weiß jemand, was diese Dinge sind und wenn ich die ganze Pflanze wegwerfen sollte oder kann ich dieses Blatt einfach abschneiden?

    Ärgerlicherweise lebte diese Pflanze neben einer Monstera, die gegen Thrips gekämpft hat, aber das sieht sowohl von diesen Insekten als auch von den Eiern unterscheidet.

    Von: _margaret_

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    1. CinderCinnamon on

      Yes but with their ability to queue so nicely it feels impolite to remove them

    2. u53rn4m34m3 on

      I don’t know what it is, but I’ll echo everyone and say these are very polite katydid eggs. Keep them, for science.

      Edit – I’m joking about the last part btw. You don’t want locusts to decimate your collection

    3. Mulberry1790 on

      Isn’t Nature amazing?!? I saw this once while working in landscape maintenance. Investigated and yes! Katydid eggs! Neatly hidden on the underside of a leaf, lined up like sequins!

    4. SparklingNebula1111 on

      It’s such a shame that it’s a pest. 

      Because, wow, it created its own art!  Magnificent, really!  And fascinating!

    5. _margaret_ on

      Thank you all! As disturbing/fascinating as those eggs are, I cut off that leaf and put it outside – the katydids can hatch and live out their lives outdoors. I’m just relieved it’s not scale insects.

      I have no idea how a katydid could have gotten inside (or where it went 😬) – we live in an apartment in an urban area, so I assume it hitched a ride indoors on something. Hopefully, it found its way back outside.

    6. jakebs2002 on

      A trypophobia I was unaware of until this post. *My stomach hurts.*

    7. Traditional-Media-41 on

      These are most definitely Katie’s eggs! Down to the color and line of eggs and color! Usually, mom would be near the eggs, so she may be dead somewhere…. pretty neat, but yeah, where did she come from, Wild!

    8. Geeahwellidunno on

      Well now that I know these are katydids I feel much less repulsed. Cuz that made my arms ache.

    9. I would’ve drowned that plant in bleach and then thrown it in the trash

    10. Sad-Hospital5240 on

      Hi! The thrips are bested by a layer of stones or gravel or something and a couple of sticky traps until they are gone. Leave the layer on top of the soil though or they come back

    11. I had to look up what a katydid was since I hear of them but don’t actually know what they are.

      Anyway one of those fuckers was in my parters car, right where the window cracks. So right when I turn my head while driving for five minutes i see it and freak tf out. And ofc it took the window ride down instead of blowing out the window so I had to push it

    12. Had these same katydid eggs on a rose plant. 19th floor apartment. Noticed a leaf (they have leaf camouflage) moving around on my wall near the plant a little bit later. I moved them outside too.

      Be careful, the momma may bite if you mess with her eggs.

    13. Bitter-Recover-9587 on

      I LOVE to hear thine earnest voice,
         Wherever thou art hid,
      Thou testy little dogmatist,
         Thou pretty Katydid!
      Thou mindest me of gentlefolks, –
         Old gentlefolks are they, –
      Thou say’st an undisputed thing
         In such a solemn way.

      Thou art a female, Katydid!
         I know it by the trill
      That quivers through thy piercing notes,
         So petulant and shrill.
      I think there is a knot of you
         Beneath the hollow tree, –
      A knot of spinster Katydids, –
         Do Katydids drink tea?

      O, tell me where did Katy live,
         And what did Katy do?
      And was she very fair and young,
         And yet so wicked, too?
      Did Katy love a naughty man,
         Or kiss more cheeks than one?
      I warrant Katy did no more
         Than many a Kate has done.

      the “To An Insect” poem by  Oliver Wendell Holmes

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