The tiny male Colostethus subpunctatus stands guard over his egg cluster, laid under a stone or log.
The shape of egg cluster is rounded to oval shape even when containing more eggs.
Females release two mucus-filled egg clusters frequently, which can contain as many as fifteen thousand eggs.
The shape of egg cluster is kidney- to banana-like, the more curved, elongated and narrow the more numerous are the eggs inside.
Insectivorous birds prey upon the larva of the gypsy moth, because the egg clusters are protected by their hair coverings.
The average life span of Indoplanorbis exustus is 4 months and during this time it lays about 60 egg clusters.
The male Colostethus subpunctatus, a tiny frog, protects the egg cluster which is hidden under a stone or log.
It has been reported that the egg clusters of A. bottgeri can be clearly divided into three portions, each with eggs at a similar developmental stage.
Larvae from each egg cluster form a common mine on the upper surface of the leaf.