spotted lanternfly with egg mass
In a study investigating the role of multiple paternity—individuals from more than one father in the same egg mass—in spotted lanternflies (Lycorma delicatula), researchers collected 248 female spotted lanternflies from 24 sites in 2020 and another 42 females along with their egg masses, such as shown here, in 2021. (Photo by Nadège Belouard, Ph.D.)