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Is this the parasitoid fly that emerged from the lady beetle or is another fly that has just landed there?

JAMSTEC K/V Kaimei ROV, Kita-Koho Seamount, 331 m

N-facing conifer forest, deep rock piles; found by @tobiashays

in small rockpiles, roadside mixed forest, N-facing

under granite in N-facing microravine

from beneath weathered serpentinite

N-facing serpentinite outcrop with sparse veg, burned

Definitely eggs but not sure what kind. Salamander? Slug? I’ve never seen terrestrial snail or slug eggs this shape.

One more for the "gee, I wonder what is hanging out around my porch light" series.