| Egg stages |
Colour |
Shape |
Diameter |
| Egg stage-I |
Opaque, greenish |
Round or oval |
0.45mm |
| Egg stage – II |
Translucent, light green |
Oval with a narrow peri-vitelline space at one end and small transparent plate (the blastoderm) were easily distinguished |
0.57mm |
| Egg stage-III |
Translucent, brownish-yellow |
The embryo further developed with anterior transparent plate and differentiated into cephalic lobe |
0.58mm |
| Egg stage – IV |
Transparent, dull whitish in colour |
Developed with conspicuous black eye spots at the anterior and rudiments of cephalothoracic appendages were developed, the posterior region was coiled |
0.65mm |
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