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Originally Posted by KathyDC
Are these actually eggs? Or dead aphid bodies? Or something else?
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Aphids don't lay eggs, as they are hermaphrodites that give live birth to clones of themselves.
I think what you are seeing are potentially aphids infected with wasp larvae?
I get a lot of
Aphidiinae wasps in my garden, the infected aphids usually look orange and swollen vs the uninfected green ones. They also move more slowly or not at all.
They are great for my garden and I very much appreciacate thier presence, but it does make me feel a bit bad for the aphids!