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Adults Larvae Cysts Eggs and Egg Strings |
Images -> Eggs and Egg Strings  Eggs
of Paragordius
n. sp. from Kenya. Female
(brown) Chordodes
sp. from Kenya laying eggs (white) on a stick. Once finished
with her work of art, the Chordodes
female leaves the eggs behind. More well developed eggs turn
darker in color. Egg strings
of Gordius robustus.
The female of this species does not glue
her egg
strings to a stick, but rather drops them loosely into the water. Egg strings
of Gordius
attoni.  Egg strings
of Paragordius
varius. |
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