I read today that a Salt Marsh female lives only four or five days, but produces between 400 and 1000 eggs in one or more clusters.What a lot of work, what a burden, for such a short time.
I am in admiration and wonder.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
A Mother's Protection
Today, the Salt Marsh Moth had pulled together three blades of grass, around which she clasped her legs. Her wings folded in, she seemed to protect the eggs, the little pearls I watched her string yesterday.
I read today that a Salt Marsh female lives only four or five days, but produces between 400 and 1000 eggs in one or more clusters.
What a lot of work, what a burden, for such a short time.
I am in admiration and wonder.
I read today that a Salt Marsh female lives only four or five days, but produces between 400 and 1000 eggs in one or more clusters.What a lot of work, what a burden, for such a short time.
I am in admiration and wonder.
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