I found this in a meadow in the Austrian Alps at about 1000 m above sea level. It is fixed on the stem of a plant of Compositae. The grub is approximately as big as the figures (eggs?) in the accumulation.
Is this a clutch of eggs? Which animal?
Have you got a picture of the grub? I don't know the insects of that part of the world, but I believe there are little black feet showing. It is a fascinating image. I would guess it is an insect itself, maybe a kind of plant bug. Isn't it amazing the forms living things take on?
Hi Rudolf,
I think it is a cluster of insect eggs in the stage of hatching ( so it looks black) and one of them already hatched into a larva (white worm).
If you wait until the worm reach the adult stage you can identify it
Regards,
Wafaa
This picture was taken with the biggest solution of my camera - I could not take a better picture of the grab. The location is in a National Park ("Kalkalpen"), so of course I did not take away the cluster for hatching it.
Dear all! It is a pity that so far only a nameless people expressed negative emotions in relation to a specific request. Please, respond expert in the field of fauna and flora. Thanks in advance for clarifying an interesting picture.
Vladimir
Thanks Vladimir, but some nameless people may reach to the right answers before expert ones. We just want to help !!!
Dear Alexandr, thank you. You have made a very specific suggestion. Earlier in the Pamir and Tien Shan, I tried to find out from locals the name of unusual insects and plants. One more, thank you.
Vladimir
Dear Prof. Alexandr, you are right. Fly eggs from Tabanidae (horse flies).
See the photos and the attached link.
I think the photo of larva provided resemble the white worm on the eggs
Regards,
Wafaa
https://www.google.com.eg/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&ved=0ahUKEwjusf7ftqrOAhUEfxoKHfiCDvgQjB0IBg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alamy.com%2Fstock-photo%2Ftabanidae.html&psig=AFQjCNGgj3hPMY4YGNZnwMosWfmTWHLsiA&ust=1470491411925024
Dear Mr. Rasnitsyn,
thank you for your valuable answer, I think you are right. Diptera are not my favorite insects, but with your help I could have a look in different books and saw matching pictures.
Благодарю!
С сердечным приветом
Rudolf Ritt
Thank the Creator! Response received. Thanks to all the participants in the discussion.
Very interesting picture! I had never seen such a subject in nature or in a photo,
Rinaldo
I hadn't either! That's why it is so fruitful to collect friends from RG who know more than we do about an unusual topic!
Hi, I confirm. It is a grap of eggs of Horse flies. Their arrive white and rapidly turn to brown and dark after some hours. You can see animal in action and comparison between white and black eggs on this nice images: https://1000-pattes.blogspot.fr/2010/08/le-temps-dun-taon.html. Bravo to Mr Rasnitsyn
Dear Mr. Marnet,
very interesting pictures on this link, thank you very much!
Rudolf Ritt
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