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IN June 1955 I had the good fortune to obtain batches of eggs from two females of the archaic dragonfly Lestinogomphus africanus (Fraser) taken near Kuru, Northern Nigeria. These eggs presented a feature which has apparently not hitherto been described in the Odonata, although similar structures are known in certain genera of the Ephemeroptera. The posterior pole of the egg was produced into a coiled filament about 30 mm. in length, at first tightly wound and forming a small cap over the end of the egg, but opening out into a loose spiral on contact with the water.
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GAMBLES, R. Eggs of Lestinogomphus africanus (Fraser). Nature 177, 663 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/177663a0
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