Identification please if possible.

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Please see the two attached photos I have just taken whilst out in the garden this morning. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable than myself can identity the two subjects.
The first photo is of orange / yellow eggs laid on the underside of a plum leaf [Victoria]. I suspect where there is one batch there are others. I realise these eggs could hatch into something harmful or something which is benign. Knowing which would cause me to destroy future batches or just leave them alone.
Second photo is more interesting and I have no intention of destroying the little spiders. It's the first time I have ever seen such. They have obviously recently hatched and presumably will disperse soon. I'm very interested in knowing which species of spider they are. Using a magnifying glass I could see they were very active amongst themselves, were bright yellow in colour each with a distinctive black patch [roughly the shape of a rough rectangle] on the middle of their backs. Should anyone be able to advise -thanks in advance.

[BertieFox]

I don't know the precise species of these spiders, but they are certainly familiar eggs to me, and result in huge clusters of mini spiders. I recently brought some recently hatched ones (that looked identical to those in your second picture) into my tunnel and dumped them on some aubergine plants that were infested with green fly in the hope they might have fairly catholic tastes if they were hungry.... unfortunately it didn't seem to do much good!

I am sure these eggs are harmless garden spiders so there is no need to do anything other than identify them if you can.

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Thanks Bertie - yeah I only want to identify the spiders and leave them alone. But the eggs on the leaf of one of my plum trees might or not might be benign so I'm hoping someone can enlighten me as to what these eggs belong.

[andy_j]

Pretty sure they're baby garden spiders....those ones that you tend to get in autumn and form huge, dew laden webs everywhere. They have the big abdomens and are light and dark drown stripes.

[Two_Sheds]

I got covered in spiderlings today too ~ it must be hatch day all over the UK

[Methe]

The yellow photo look like leaf bug (not sure if that's the right name) eggs! We had some last year on a Virginia creeper, they were green, but laid out in the same pattern. My children and I watched them for about a week until they hatched... Magic

[Methe]

A quick google has told me they're ladybird eggs!

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Ths Methe, they are indeed as Iv'e just googled 'ladybird eggs' myself. I wish now I had not removed the leaf. And now I've found a batch laid on a hyacinth leaf. Thanks again -I NOW KNOW THEY ARE INDEED BENIGN.

[Kristen]

I NOW KNOW THEY ARE INDEED BENIGN.

Although ... Cabbage White Butterfly eggs don't look that different (unless viewed close-up)


Ladybird eggs


Cabbage White Butterfly eggs

Hopefully I've picked two photos that are accurate and the photographer didn't mistake the two