Video of insect eggs falsely shared as 'rare Udumbara flower'

Green lacewing eggs

A reverse image search found a picture of the small white bulbs seen in the video in an article about the eggs of an insect called the green lacewing.published by the University of Kentucky's Department of Entomology says the eggs are"perched on the tip of a hairlike stalk" to"reduce cannibalism of the eggs by sibling larvae".AFP showed the video to two wildlife experts, who confirmed that it showed green lacewing eggs.

"Every few years, this claim keeps surfacing, although the public also believes it blooms only once in every 3,000 years," she told AFP on February 16.Sri Lankan environmentalist Dr Jagath Gunawardana said the eggs were"easily mistaken for a flower because of their appearance and hair-like stalk that resembles a stem".

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