After oviposition, the parent bug female stands over the egg batch and shields it throughout egg development.
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The setter environment is often a compromise as different egg batches are in the machine at one time.
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The female requires one blood meal for each egg batch with the primary host species being mammals, and birds as a secondary host.
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Adult females build a silk platform 50 % longer and two to three times wider than their own size before laying up to seven egg batches with 8 to 40 eggs each.
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Fanning is also performed at night; the parent slowly swims along the egg batch, its body at a 90?angle with the surface, its snout or throat slightly touching the eggs.
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A 50-egg batch is then wrapped in fish nets for ease of removal from the cookware, which must be large enough to accommodate the batch with a two-inch covering of water.
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Spawning can take two hours and produce 500-1500 eggs . ) swims on the spot, either broadside or facing the egg batch about 2 cm away from it, thus creating a flow of water that brings oxygen to the eggs.
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