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Eggs of Tamil Yeoman butterfly

Cirrochroa thais

Description:

Tamil Yeoman female uses a special method of egg laying, to minimize the attack from parasites through micropylar pit. it lays eggs on one another as a tower, revealing only the micropylar pit of the last egg.

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7 Comments

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

thank you J and Yuko!

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

What an amazing survival strategy they use! :O
I'm totally awestruck!

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Amazing!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

thank you Chief..

Uday
Uday 11 years ago

np! :)

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

thanks Uday !

Uday
Uday 11 years ago

great technique!
nice find..

NuwanChathuranga
Spotted by
NuwanChathuranga

Alawwa, Sri Lanka

Spotted on Sep 23, 2012
Submitted on Sep 25, 2012

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