Exceptional Mom - _TNY_6417

The common eggfly (Hypolimnas bolina) is called so because of an interesting and unusual behaviour. After laying her eggs, the female positions herself like an umbrella over the eggs to protect them from parasitoid wasps and she will stay on top of them until all eggs have hatched and the caterpillars have crawled off. Tyipcally she has died by then, still protecting her young.

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