There has been much written on the "egg like" extrafloral nectaries that
appear on the leaves of the various Passiflora species. The problem is not
much of it is on the internet.

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/BODY_IN175

http://www.esb.utexas.edu/ngerardo/PlantAnt_ref.htm


Tony wrote in message
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I bought 2 passion vines yesterday--one red and one blue. Both of them
were
stored in a greenhouse over the winter and are in great shape overall.
I'm
excited as this is the first year I've tried these. The ones I've seen
elsewhere have looked incredible.

Question: When I was "unwrapping" the red one from its trellis, I noticed
a
number of what I think may be eggs on the plant. These eggs are a bit
smaller than a sesame seed and vary in color from dark brown to light
beige.
These seem to be located mostly around flower buds.

What are these? What should I do about them?

I know that these plants are very friendly to butterflies and therefore
caterpillars. I plant to spray them "regularly" with BT to keep them from
being eaten. Are these the eggs of some type of caterpillar?

The blue passion vine had none of these on them.

Tony