Egg indentification help please

[Guest]

Ok, apologies as I have no photos as my camera is not very good so it will have to be a description. This is only the second time I have come across these eggs the others were 4-5 years ago and both times I have found them on the surface of the compost of my overwintering pots in a sheltered spot (booted out of greenhouse stage but not ready to be planted out stage if that makes sense) Anyway the eggs are like a large slug egg - perfectly round, translucent, but are about 4x the size of a slug egg and they are attached to one another like a string of pearls with about 10 eggs in the string.

Any ideas?

[mothhawk]

Do they look like this?
Slugs! - Anna Wardrop

[Guest]

^^^yes they do. Although I don't recall ever seeing leopard slugs at my old house. I am glad I know they are leopard, they will go in the compost heap tomorrow. TY Mothhawk

[jackarmy]

look at channel 4 right now, their selling that as caviar lol,

[Jungle Jane]

I've never seen that before but now I want one,just found this info-
"Leopard Slugs are a gardener’s friend. They don’t damage healthy, living plants, but they do eat other slugs, including species that can damage garden plants and vegetables. By eating dead and rotting plants, as well as fungi, Leopard Slugs recycle nutrients and fertilise the soil.

Try to encourage this helpful slug by creating a log pile – damp, rotting wood provides ideal conditions for it to live and breed".
How to identify: the Leopard Slug | OPAL

[vixylix]

uh oh I hope NG saw that in time to rescue them Jane!

[Jungle Jane]

I thought that at first,but maybe putting them in the compost bin with woody materials & rotting plant debris could be like a re-homing plan?

[Guest]

^^^it was a rehoming plan but I have left them where they were, but I have put some leaf litter back in the pot as I weeded it Normal slug eggs go in the council compost bin

[brownie]

eggs on your compost heap

Ok, apologies as I have no photos as my camera is not very good so it will have to be a description. This is only the second time I have come across these eggs the others were 4-5 years ago and both times I have found them on the surface of the compost of my overwintering pots in a sheltered spot (booted out of greenhouse stage but not ready to be planted out stage if that makes sense) Anyway the eggs are like a large slug egg - perfectly round, translucent, but are about 4x the size of a slug egg and they are attached to one another like a string of pearls with about 10 eggs in the string.

Any ideas?

quite possible there weavel beetle eggs

[Guest]

^^^Hi, thanks for your response. I have since found more eggs in the greenhouse complete with baby leopard slugs

[PyreneesPlot]

Although leopard slugs are the only ones that I don't introduce to the salty slug pot of death, I have watched them munching sedlings, lettuces, psb as well as other slugs. The greenhouse may not be the best place to keep them

[Guest]

^^^ty PP. Its ole overwintering neglected stuff in there at the moment so they aren't gonna do a lot of harm. I will have a proper clean and clear out next month