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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Stratiomyomorpha » Soldier flies (Stratiomyidae) » Stratiomyinae » Stratiomyini » Hedriodiscus » Hedriodiscus vertebratus
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Stratiomyidae, egg laying behavior - Hedriodiscus vertebratus - female
Copyright © 2018 John van der Linden

Stratiomyidae, egg laying behavior - Hedriodiscus vertebratus - Female
Cardinal Marsh, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
July 15, 2018
07/15/18 Females of this species observed laying large clumps of greenish eggs on leaves of emergent aquatic plants, mostly on bulrushes but a few on cattails too

This series: one adult female and her mass of recently laid eggs on cattail (Typha)

Darkened mass of "ripe" eggs

and hatchlings

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Contributed by John van der Linden on 19 July, 2018 - 4:30pm
Last updated 30 July, 2018 - 6:23pm

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