The Wonders of Nature

Hurray! Not one, not two, but all three ootheca hatched on Friday morning. Two had begun before I could get photos but the third was a lesson! The babies crawl out as tiny worms with a black end (the eyes), dangling from a thread to the egg. They then reform like a circus act into a writhing ball the same size as the egg - like the foamy shell had been magically shifted up and away. Then the molting begins and they scurry away. (I hope to post more pictures later.)