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Eggs ID Very Strange

9 years ago

I'm from Northern California. I found this cluster of eggs on the soil in the grow - bag pot of a Black Hawthorne. The praying mantis egg cases usually look very different. What are they? Pests or beneficial? Frogs?
I'm very curious - this is a first. Also I found cause I'm moving plants around, is it okay still to move this plant?

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jean001a
9 years ago
Either slug or snail.
thatadeniumguy
Original Author
9 years ago
Really? Aww, I think it's yucky to smash, will a spray of insecticide do the trick?
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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
9 years ago
slugs and snails are NOT insects ... so insecticides usage would be pollution ....

scoop them out with a spoon ... and put them in the sink or the toilet ...

and then start hunting.. at light.. for momma.. who is also daddy... whats that all about ...

there is a FAQ in this forum.. as well as the hosta forum about such ... slugs anyway ...

ken
calliope
9 years ago
OMgosh......one of your better responses, Ken. LOL
rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
9 years ago
Ryan....tsk tsk. You just don't grab a pesticide to spray because you're too squeamish to dispose of those few little eggs down the commode or in the trash.
Sugi_C (Las Vegas, NV)
9 years ago
LMAO at Ken's response, hahaha. I wish there was a "like" button.

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