Main Ref. | Jones, P.W., F.D. Martin and J.D. Hardy Jr., 1978 |
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Place of Development | fixed on plant or stone |
Shape of Egg | ovoid |
Attributes | with filaments |
Color of Eggs | yellow,orange,amber |
Color of Oil Globule | |
Additional Characters | Eggs are adhesive, attached to decaying vegetation and upright weeds by thread-like extensions of egg surface (Ref. 4639). Greatest diameter: 2.16-3.00 mm; least diameter: 2.14-2.5 mm, but with egg capsule becoming progressively distended with jelly-like fluid until dimensions are about twice the original size (Ref. 4639). Color variable, with white to yellowish brown animal pole and charcoal gray to dark, grayish brown yolk; egg possibly becoming darker with age or varying in color with locality (Ref. 4639). |
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