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Brachycybe with eggs - Brachycybe - female
Copyright © 2008 Natalie McNear

Brachycybe with eggs - Brachycybe - Female
Marin County, California, USA
April 12, 2008
Size: 6cm
A Brachycybe millipede apparently guarding her eggs.
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Contributed by Natalie McNear on 13 April, 2008 - 5:45pm

Oooh!
I never saw that. I didn't know that they guard their eggs.
… Beatriz Moisset, 13 April, 2008 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Re: Oooh!
Yeah, I didn't know they did that either, but that's the only reason I can think of why it would be wrapped around the eggs in such away. Unless maybe those weren't its eggs and it was just eating them...
… Natalie McNear, 14 April, 2008 - 12:21pm login or register to post comments

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