The case of the fungus/sea anemone/flower crowned eggs.

Some strange masses topped with little crowns have been causing some puzzlement and seem to be the work of Reduviidae.

Here are observations where the mass is quite jelly-like:
From Botswana: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/44799788
From the USA (not identified): https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/47034015

And two where the eggs are more defined:
From the USA: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13772229
And: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/47917091

The last one is actually my observation; these eggs are quite tiny and I did not discern the crown until I had my camera on them... I am looking everyday to see if they have hatched.
bugguide attributes the lastest or similar to Sinea:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/50716/bgpage

By the way, ARThropod has gone over a 1,000 observations of trippy, dreamy, creepy photographs and it's a wonderful collection!

Posted on June 17, 2020 05:30 PM by raycama