Mass-egg-laying

Guides

• Atherix lantha

  watersnipe fly

  Atherix lantha is a species of watersnipe fly in the family Athericidae. The larvae are aquatic, piercing-sucking predators that feed on other aquatic invertebrates. The species has a univoltine life cycle with overwintering fifth-instar larvae. Mass egg-laying behavior results in large aggregations of dead females attached to egg masses.

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