Egg Collection (page 2)

Red-backed toadlet (Pseudophryne coriacea) male, guarding eggs in nest under rotten log, Border Ranges, Queensland, Australia

Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco) perched on branch, holding egg in its bill before swallowing it, Pantanal, Brazil

Eastern Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni boettgeri) hatching from egg, mouth open. Captive, occurs in South East Europe

Male Gold-specs jawfish (Opistognathus randalli), with mouth brooding eggs, the eyes can clearly be seen in the eggs indicating they will soon hatch, Mabul Island, Sabah, Malaysia, Celebes Sea

European cave spider (Meta menardi) pendulous egg sac containing its brood of young, hanging in cave, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire. November

Female Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis) carrying egg sac, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. June

Male Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) sitting on eggs for his brooding period in an artificial nest, Italy

Male Dendtric jawfish (Opistognathus dendriticus) with incubating eggs in his mouth, Dampier Strait, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii), incubating eggs with webbed feet, Seymour Island, Galapagos, South America

Giant damselfish (Microspathodon dorsalis) guarding egg mass, Coronado Island, Loreto Bay National Park, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico, August

Close-up abstract of the eggs of kelp greenling fish (Hexagrammos decagrammus) off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Safety in Numbers - Giant Shield bug nymphs (Pycanum sp.), recently hatched from eggs, with a final individual still to emerge

Two eggs of the threatened Hooded plover (Thinornis rubricollis) on a beach. Skenes Creek, Victoria, Australia. Taken under the supervision of Hooded plover monitoring volunteer and ex Parks officer

Subantarctic or Brown skua (Stercorarius antarcticus) stealing an egg from a Royal penguin colony (Eudyptes schlegeli) on Macquarie Island, Australian Territory

Saddleback anemonefish (Amphiprion polymnus) barks a warning as it guards a clutch of developing eggs (beneath it) laid on a small stone, below a fold in its home

Nest of Crumps treefrog (Dendropsophus brevifrons). The eggs develop within the nest suspended over a rainforest pond. The tadpoles drop into the water fully formed, so avoiding aquatic predators

Happy Eddie (Haploblepharus edwardsii) egg case / mermaids purse. False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. June

Saddleback anemonefish (Amphiprion polymnus) barks a warning as it guards a clutch of developing eggs (beneath it) laid on a small stone, below a fold in its home

Galapagos hawk (Buteo galapagensis) at nest with landscape. Cape Hammond, Fernandina Island, Galapagos

Little tern (Sterna albifrons) three eggs in nest scrape, County Wicklow, Ireland, June

Frog (Rana temporaria) spawn amongst invasive Fairy fern (Azolla filiculoides) from garden pond. Photographed in aquarium, controlled conditions. Surrey, England, UK. March

Pair of Western clown anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) spawning orange eggs on the rock beneath their Magnificent sea anemone (Heteractis magnifica) home on a coral reef

Pine marten (Martes martes) carrying a birds egg. Black Isle, Scotland, UK. September. Camera trap image

False clown anemonefish (Amphiprion oceallaris) guarding their eggs laid on a coral rock beneath a sea anemonePhilippines. Bohol Sea, Tropical West Pacific Ocean

After an incubation period of 45 to 55 days a first hatchling Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) emerges out of the sand, Bonaire, Leeward Antilles, Caribbean region, Netherlands Antilles

Red snappers / Two-spot red snappers (Lutjanus bohar) mass shoal of fish spawning, Palau, Philippine Sea. A few black and white snappers (Macolor niger) have crawled into the school to eat the eggs

Sarayacu clownfrog (Dendropsophus sarayacuensis) with its clutch of eggs developing and starting to drop off from a leaf into the water below, where the tadpoles will develop

Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) female digging nest, North coast, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos

Ring-tailed cardinalfish (Ostorhinchus aureus), male protecting and incubating eggs in mouth, Philippines

Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) female digging nest, North coast, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos

Clarks anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii), pair tending to egg mass placed beside the protection of an anemone. Yap, Micronesia

Ring-tailed cardinalfish (Ostorhinchus aureus), male protecting and incubating eggs in mouth, Philippines

Arctic fox ( Vulpes lagopus) in snow carrying snowgoose egg, Wrangel Island, Far East Russia, May

Northern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes moseleyi) on nest, Gough Island, Gough and Inaccessible Islands UNESCO World Heritage Site, South Atlantic

Common frog (Rana temporaria) in water with spawn, Brasschaat, Belgium, March

Newly hatched ducklings with eggs

Coastal glassfrog (Cochranella litoralis) on leaf with eggs. San Lorenzo, Esmeraldas, Ecuador

Tiger cardinalfish (Cheilodipterus macrodon) male mouthbrooding eggs in his mouth. Gubal Barge, Gubal Island, Egypt. Strait of Gubal, Gulf of Suez, Red Sea

Green-veined White butterfly egg (Pieris napi) above, Orange-tip butterfly egg (Anthocharis)
Green-veined White butterfly egg (Pieris napi) above, Orange-tip butterfly egg (Anthocharis cardamines) below, on Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) Sussex, UK. June

Banded jawfish (Opistognathus macrognathus) male incubating eggs in mouth, which are at a late stage of development and will soon be ready for release

These hatchlings of an Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) should be buried and protected under 40 cm of warm sand, but a domestic dog dug them out at Ostional beach in Costa Rica

Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) sitting on egg, Machias Seal Island, Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada, May

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