A few days ago, I have observed in the very early morning (6:30 o’clock) my Stilpnochlora couloniana is laying eggs.
Alcuni giorni fa ho osservato, molto presto al mattino (6:30), le mie Stilpnochlora couloniana mentre deponevano.
It looked as if the female first moisten the previous egg with saliva and use the saliva as glue.
Sembrava come se la femmina inumidisse l'uovo appena deposto con la saliva e usasse la saliva come colla.
Then it gently led the ovipositor near the old egg and began to glue the new egg.
Poi appoggiava gentilmente l'ovodepositore vicino a questo uovo e cominciava ad incollarne uno nuovo.
This process lasted about one minute; to be exact, an average of 72 seconds (typical German observation?)
Questo processo durava cira un minuto; per essere esatti una media di 72 secondi (osservazione precisa, tipicamente tedesca?)
It layed around 130 eggs and it required at least 2,5 hours for this hard work.
Ha deposto circa 130 uova e ha richiesto almeno 2,5 ore per questo duro lavoro.
Carlo, thank you for translation! :-))))))))))
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[Modificato da minimalanimal 26/04/2010 22:50]