Electra Silk Moth female prepares to oviposit

Duration: 00:25 minutes Upload Time: 2007-01-30 20:58:23 User: jcmegabyte :::: Favorites :::: Top Videos of Day

Description: This female Mojave Electra Silkmoth (Hemileuca electra mojavensis) climbs a twig while looking for a suitable place to lay her eggs. She'll lay 50-100 eggs in a ring around the twig. Much more butterfly/moth video, photography and life cycle studies available free to the public at HTTP://jcmdi.com, and the Hi-Res version of this video is available on DVD at http://technician.jcmdi.com/lepdvd01/lepdvd01.html for details.