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FAST FACTS
The smallest eggs in the Carpenter bees lay the largest Ostriches lay the most bird
animal kingdom are laid by a insect eggs. The biggest ever eggs in one nest. Up to 74 eggs
fly called Clemelis pullata. The found were /3 in (16.5 mm) can be in one nest, laid by all
2
eggs are 0.0007 in x 0.001 in long and 0.1 in (3 mm) across. the females in the flock. An
(0.02 mm x 0.02 mm). egg is laid every 2–3 days.

You could line up
100 fly eggs across
the width of this oval
Carpenter bee and egg

The eggs shown here are sized in relation to their The African
mother animal. The numbers refer to the amounts driver ant queen
laid at one time—a period that could be moments lays hundreds of
during one day or constant laying over many days. thousands of
eggs in a day.

The gender of
turtles’ young
depends on the
temperature of the
eggs at incubation.
Up to 82°F (28°C)
produces males, while In a lifetime,
over 90°F (32°C) the gray grouper
produces females. produces about 300
Temperatures in A queen million eggs, with
between produce honey bee lays some spawning
males or females. 200,000 eggs 200,000 at once.
every year of
her life, which
can be up
to 8 years.

Hawksbill turtle Honey bee Gray grouper African driver ant
200 EGGS 2,000 EGGS 200,000 EGGS 3–4 MILLION EGGS

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