21. Females tend to deposit egg masses at relatively few sites, resulting in grouped egg masses. 22. A gelatinous egg mass is released during spawning, and the eggs float freely until hatching. 23. Several of these are joined together in an egg mass and attached to the substrate. 24. They may be brooded as an egg mass in the lophophoral cavity for a period. 25. This egg mass will often sink once disturbed. 26. After the nymphs hatch, the remaining egg mass leaves a brown mark on the leaf's surface. 27. Here they stick together to form egg masses . 28. The females of this wasp hunt out sharpshooter egg masses and lay their own eggs there. 29. The egg masses , or clusters, are laid in an overlapping configuration and are whitish-yellow in color. 30. After hatching, the movements of the tadpoles make the remains of the egg mass into a froth.