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Females lay 5 to 6 eggs in a cup-shaped nest, which is always situated on the ground and is usually well-hidden in dense vegetation.
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Females of many common species of mosquito can lay 100-200 eggs during the course of the adult phase of their lifecycle.
Females lay three to eight large, dark bright green or pale green-blue eggs in each clutch into a prepared heap of leaf litter.
Females lay between ten and three hundred eggs at a time, depending on species, fertilising them with the stored sperm as they do so.
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Females lay clutches of 6 – 20 eggs on the banks of waterways that they otherwise would not normally be able to reach without the flooding caused by the seasonal rainfall.
Females and 5
Females are noticeably larger, with the adult male weighing 136-252 g ( c, 5-9 oz ), around 155 g ( around 5. 5 oz ) on average ; the adult female weighs 154-314 g ( about 5. 5-11 oz ), around 184 g ( around 6. 5 oz ) on average.
As of the census of 2000, there are 25, 377 people, Males: 12, 303 ( 48. 5 %), Females: 13, 074 ( 51. 5 %), 9, 965 households, and 7, 021 families residing in the city.
Females are on average 6 cm ( 2. 5 in ) longer and around 8 kg heavier than males on average, though their weights fluctuate substantially according to season: females can lose up to 50 % of their body weight during lactation, and males lose a significant proportion of weight as they attend to their mating partners and fight off rivals.
Male Northern Hawk-Owls are generally 36. 0 – 42. 5 cm long and weigh 300 g. Females are slightly bigger with a length of 37. 2 – 44. 7 cm and a mass of about 340g.
Females reach at least 5. 3 meters ( 17 feet 6 inches ) whereas males reach 5. 7 meters ( 19 feet ) and weigh around 1100 kilograms ( 2400 pounds ).
Females are much smaller can range from 400 to 900 kg ( 990-2, 000 lbs ) in weight, or roughly a third of the male's bulk, and measure from 2. 5 to 3. 6 m ( 8. 2 – 11. 9 ft ).
Females can grow to 2 / 2. 5 m, males up to 1. 8 m. Its body color can vary from a bluish to a brownish grey to a bronze, with a white or pale underside.
Females deposit 5 to 27 eggs around mid-summer, and the 10 " to 12 " ( 25 – 30 cm ) hatchlings usually emerge in September.
Females grow to larger sizes than males: females average some 7 cm ( about 2. 75 inches ) from snout to vent ( with a maximum total length of about 15 cm ) and weigh about 18 g, whereas males have an SVL of only about 5 cm and weigh on the average about 10 g.
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