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Perhaps their most striking difference is their egg cases, or the silk bag female spiders wrap their eggs in.
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Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024
For a moment last year, those promises no longer seemed to hold up: The egg case at my local supermarket in New York City was stripped bare.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 11 July 2024
To detect live or dead cockroaches—which often hide in dark, secluded spaces—look for dark smears and egg cases.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 July 2024
Researchers believe the locusts' delicate egg cases could not withstand plowing and the grazing of cattle and other animals as settlers worked their way West.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 31 May 2024
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Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024
For a moment last year, those promises no longer seemed to hold up: The egg case at my local supermarket in New York City was stripped bare.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 11 July 2024
To detect live or dead cockroaches—which often hide in dark, secluded spaces—look for dark smears and egg cases.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 July 2024
Researchers believe the locusts' delicate egg cases could not withstand plowing and the grazing of cattle and other animals as settlers worked their way West.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 31 May 2024
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“Egg case.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/egg%20case. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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