FIGURES 1–4 in Morphology and Postdepositional Dynamics of Eggs of the Predator Podisus distinctus (Stål) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae)

FIGURES 1–4. Eggs of Podisus distinctus (Stål) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Fig. 1. Egg four hours after laying exhibiting a base narrower than the apex (arrow) and a convex circular operculum (arrowhead). The chorion possesses spine-like projections on the egg lateral aspect arranged in irregular polygonal forms (P) and erect aero-micropylar processes (AM). Fig. 2. Oocyte showing the hexagonal pattern (arrowhead) and folded aero-micropylar processes (arrow). Fig. 3. Egg isolated from the common oviduct, exhibiting residues of follicular tissue (FT), curved aero-micropylar processes (arrow), and spine-like projections curved along the operculum surface (arrowhead). Fig. 4. Egg less than one hour after laying, with nearly erect spine-like projections and aero-micropylar processes.