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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Trogiomorpha » Psocathropetae » Cave Barklice (Psyllipsocidae) » Psyllipsocus » Psyllipsocus decoratus
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Egg - Psyllipsocus decoratus
Copyright © 2022 John Schneider

Egg - Psyllipsocus decoratus
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
September 19, 2022
One of 25+ eggs laid in captivity, by one female over a few days, on a piece of stone tile. The black material is fungus and/or mold on which this species apparently feeds. Most of the eggs are, like this one, tucked into nooks or hollows in the substrate. They are laid singly and without a silk covering.

Second image is same as first, but zoomed out.

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Egg - Psyllipsocus decoratus zoomed out - Psyllipsocus decoratus
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Contributed by John Schneider on 23 October, 2022 - 10:51am
Last updated 16 December, 2023 - 8:35pm

Wow!
I hope you can soon get non-sibling males & females for courtship studies!!
… Diane Young, 23 October, 2022 - 3:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Re: Psyllipsocus courtship and mating
Non-siblings? Do insects care?
… John Schneider, 23 October, 2022 - 4:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Nice picture!
Very probably insects don't, but Mother Nature does, that is the reason why Mother Nature 'invented' sexual reproduction. It's about genetic problems and advantages.
Maybe, it will be interesting to observe the behavior between siblings and non-siblings. And, by the case to observe the descendants. Normally in the case of a community where siblings mate degeneration occurs.
A first question. Siblings will mate or not?
… Iustin Cret, 12 November, 2022 - 8:35am login or register to post comments

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