Seems like eggs but what it actually is??
This tiny water droplet like structure seems to be eggs that is spongy like when touched. This was abundant in okra field once in everywhere of the plant i.e. on leaf, stem, flower primordia, flower... Insect history of the plot is Jassids, horn hopper, White-spotted Leaf Beetle, etc...
Dear Rinaldo Nicoli Aldini and Arvind Singh sir, this resembles both like african bollworm and mite eggs too. Similarly african bollworm and red mites were also reported in the research though the effects of either of them were not significant. Then how to differentiate them???
The Helicoverpa egg chorion, as well as the chorion of many other moths and butterflies, has a characteristic microsculture useful for a first identification of the macrotaxon. Taking plant samples with eggs from okra fields, putting them in a sufficiently damp environment and waiting for egg hatching can be the safest method to know what it is. Regards,
Rinaldo Nicoli
Better (high resolution) photographs required in order to identify these objects
The eggs of helicoverpa, are of the family Noctuidae. They are semicircular with flat base, with grooves, that converge in the upper part of the chorion, which is how it is identified to the family. Respuesta para Rinaldo nicoli
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