lay eggs
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Females who do endure often return to the same general area where they hatched to lay eggs of their own.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
"They don't eat, they just breed and then lay eggs and die. If there's light pollution that's going to really disrupt that final stage of their life cycle," she says.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
“Jets don’t catch worms, build nests, find mates, lay eggs, or care for their young, but they do a great job of flying from one place to another.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
Even the smallest amount of standing water, for example in a bottle cap, is enough space for Aedes aegypti to lay eggs, Brannon said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
“I wish it every night. That tablecloth was the color of blood. That hen could lay eggs like nobody’s business.”
From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo
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