Breeding takes place in shallow water usually among aquatic plants where the sticky green eggs can be deposited.
An adult will spawn around 200 light orange, sticky eggs that will hatch in 1 to 2 days.
Females lay up to 200,000 sticky eggs each amid vegetation.
The color of the sticky eggs is yellow to orange, the diameter is 2.5 to 3 mm.
After fertilization the female swims to a suitable spot, where she attaches the very sticky eggs.
After being attracted to the site, the female lays a string of sticky eggs that attach to the substrate.
I turned my face toward him and could feel that the warmth in my mouth had reduced the beetles to sticky white eggs.
Only then does the female swim to a suitable spot, where she attaches the sticky egg.
Females lay from 1,500-30,000 sticky eggs in the surf zone per spawn, which they may do three to five or more times in a season.
The sticky eggs are deposited in the nest and adhere to the sand and gravel.
