MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY ON EGGS OF SPILOSTETHUS PANDURUS (SCOPOLI) (HETEROPTERA: LYGAEIDAE)
Journal: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology
Year: 2022

The milkweed bug, Spilostethus pandurus egg was re-described and photographed usinglight and scanning electron microscopes. Egg whole-mount showed the different developmentstages from zero to 116 hrs. Egg dechorionation was unfeasible at the earlystages, from 0-100 hrs. SEM showed the hatching lines and weakness lines, and chorionwith 11-13 micropylar openings.