At left, sideways view of dome-shaped egg. At right, piece of stem, upright, shaded black. Elongated whitish markings down the left side are egg mass.

Figure 19I–J. Variegated cutworm egg (greatly enlarged) (I) and egg mass on stem (J).

At left, sideways view of dome-shaped egg. At right, piece of stem, upright, shaded black. Elongated whitish markings down the left side are egg mass.

Illustrations by USDA.