INSECTS' EGGS 149 



the cabbage had selected this apron-string as a 

 suitable site on which to deposit, in a few 

 separate batches, several hundred eggs. Fig. 93 

 shows some eggs of this Cabbage Moth, which is 



Fig. 97. Eggs of the Blue Underwing Moth, 

 x 20 diameters 



often most erratic in placing its eggs. Another 

 batch from the same species on another occasion 

 was methodically arranged on the outside of my 

 window-pane. In this instance, as in the case of 

 the moths which lay their eggs on street lights, 

 the insect was probably blinded by the light from 

 the inside at night time and, being unable to 

 fly away, was obliged to lay her eggs where she 

 could. 



The pretty pale green eggs of the familiar and 

 handsome Privet Hawk Moth are shown in Fig. 94 



