Solved What are these eggs? Ladybird?

Hello!

Was pruning my wisteria a bit, and came across these on a leaf. Are they ladybirds?

Also anyone know what these are on the fern? Looks like lichens, but seem so perfectly ordered...

Thanks

 

On the fern these are sori which contain the spores that will produce new ferns. Good to see them as shows that your fern is happy growing where it is.
Sorry not sure about the eggs.

 

Superb. Thanks @Loofah on the ladybird id.
@On the Levels, that's fascinating. I had no idea that's how it worked. It sparked some reading tonight !

 

@Nickoslesteros you are more than welcome. Ferns are fascinating plants and when you read about them you will see they like to grow in shady/damp places on the whole. Well not in our garden. They are in full shade, full sun, damp and very dry areas. We have only planted out a very few ferns in all the time in our garden, 1978, and yet we have ferns all over and we love to see them. All done by the spores from the sori. Keep ferning.

 

Not sure they are ladybird , bit hard to tell when half are hatched.... You need to be looking for ladybird larvae running around like these...

 

@Nickoslesteros the eggs in your wisteria are not ladybirds/eggs. These are the eggs and the lower picture shows them hatching:

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Your egg picture could be from a type of blackfly.

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Might be one of the many shield bugs. The eggs vary, but those ones emerging have alook of shield bug about them. Largely harmless little insects if they are that. They mainly feed on the sap of foliage on trees

 

Most likely as @fairygirl has said shield bug, and the right kind love tomato!

 

Great picture of Ladybird grubs. I've never really bothered to look at them as they hatch, but even then they have that little crocodile look about them. Great thing about them at that size is they are starving and will double their size by the day munching of aphids. After a week or so it's easy enough to id which type they are, hopefully not harlequin .

 

Here is a picture that may help you @DiggersJo:

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Thanks @Ladybird4 , but once that size I know the blighters... Just have to think do I kill them when they have done their job or let them live... I think I owe them the latter.

 

Definitely let them live, @DiggersJo . Many will overwinter in cracks & crevices as adult ladybirds, and should get to work on next year's aphids when they appear.

 

I agree with @Liriodendron, please, please do not kill the ladybirds. They are gardeners friends.