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<blockquote data-quote="Silversnapper" data-source="post: 836714" data-attributes="member: 52909">Thanks Robin. This insect was one of ten and it's hatching from an egg has left me with an unsolved question. I was fascinated by this hatching process but, despite setting up a time-lapse camera several times, I was never fortunate enough to catch one actually emerging from its egg. 'Why the fascination' you might ask. The second photo shows an insect just 4, yes 4, hours after I last saw it as an egg - to which it is still attached!&nbsp; So, how do you get a circa 10mm long insect out of a 1.7mm long egg???&nbsp; I have trawled the 'net for an answer - to no avail. All I can think of is that it must be coiled like a clock spring in the egg and then. after the 'cap' has popped off, it inflates itself similarly to butterfly and dragonfly wings.I am hoping some learned person will enlighten me one way or the other.[ATTACH=full]421898[/ATTACH]This is a stick insect egg, approx 1.7mm long. It looks like some sort of flask with a screw cap[ATTACH=full]421899[/ATTACH]This is the insect that hatched within a four-hour 'window' with its back legs and tail not yet fully emerged.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Silversnapper, post: 836714, member: 52909"] Thanks Robin. This insect was one of ten and it's hatching from an egg has left me with an unsolved question. I was fascinated by this hatching process but, despite setting up a time-lapse camera several times, I was never fortunate enough to catch one actually emerging from its egg. 'Why the fascination' you might ask. The second photo shows an insect just 4, yes 4, hours after I last saw it as an egg - to which it is still attached! So, how do you get a circa 10mm long insect out of a 1.7mm long egg??? I have trawled the 'net for an answer - to no avail. All I can think of is that it must be coiled like a clock spring in the egg and then. after the 'cap' has popped off, it inflates itself similarly to butterfly and dragonfly wings. I am hoping some learned person will enlighten me one way or the other. [ATTACH type="full"]421898[/ATTACH] This is a stick insect egg, approx 1.7mm long. It looks like some sort of flask with a screw cap [ATTACH type="full"]421899[/ATTACH] This is the insect that hatched within a four-hour 'window' with its back legs and tail not yet fully emerged. [/QUOTE]

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