ID this teeny sticky "sprout" on wall!!!

[bluebubbles]

I was busy doing up my paludarium project and noticed these tiny plants sticking outside the wall of my tank. They are very very small you can almost overlook their existence. Don't think it is mushroom but a little yellowish green.



Anyone has similar "plants" outside your fish tank?

[stormhawk]

Probably spores from your mosses or ferns. Initially I thought they were duckweed that got stuck on the tank walls.

[seudzar]

Think these are kind of insects

[bluebubbles]

Think these are kind of insects

Don't frighten me, it looks springy and won't fall off when I used my finger to touch it. They are smaller than a mustard seed and quite strongly fixated on my tank wall. No root, and their stem looks rigid. Will wait and see how big they can grow.

[Trichopsis]

They might be eggs of an insect called a lacewing: http://www.gardeninsects.com/greenlacewings.asp


Lacewing eggs - DSC_7871 by Nicky Bay, on Flickr


Lacewing eggs (Chrysopidae) - DSC_4052 by Nicky Bay, on Flickr

And this is an example of an adult lacewing:

Green Lacewing (Chrysopidae) - DSC_0161 by Nicky Bay, on Flickr

[bluebubbles]

They might be eggs of an insect called a lacewing: http://www.gardeninsects.com/greenlacewings.asp


Lacewing eggs - DSC_7871 by Nicky Bay, on Flickr


Lacewing eggs (Chrysopidae) - DSC_4052 by Nicky Bay, on Flickr

And this is an example of an adult lacewing:

Green Lacewing (Chrysopidae) - DSC_0161 by Nicky Bay, on Flickr

Oh wow!!! I have accidentally adopted a good insect that sucked nasty pest. Once it hatched, it will be one of the security candidate for my paludarium. Thanks for the link.