They're not really aliens but bug eggs and larvae.
I have collected these eggs of the Bronze Orange bug Musgraveia sulciventris, a major pest of Citrus trees in Australia.
At the end of Summer the eggs are found in clutches under the leaves of lemon and lime trees, orange trees, finger lime trees and mandarin trees.
I placed two clutches in my new insect time-lapse setup to record them hatching over 5 hours.
#insects #bug #timelapse
0:00 Ultra macro close-ups on the eggs
0:12 Time-lapse of bug eggs hatching, top view
0:21 Newly hatched bugs feed on other eggs
0:33 Close-up videos of the baby bugs
0:36 Time-lapse of bug eggs hatching, side-view
1:11 Real-time hatching larvae
2:36 Older larvae and pre-adults
2:41 Adult Bronze-Orange bugs mating on citrus leaves
2:46 Adult Bronze-Orange bug, female laying eggs under citrus leaf
2:54 Egg close-ups, antennae and eyes are visible
3:01 Pictures of hatched bug larvae
