It was found that females only carried eggs between November and February. They also had a very short reception time of less than 24 hours, or almost a week in captivity. They would oviposit their eggs in synchronization with others in the population within a four-week period. There are thousands of eggs in each batch laid. Females who were unable to mate during the breeding season were able to lay fertile eggs by storing sperm from the previous breeding season about a year before. This extra sperm was stored in the spermatheca after mating. Females only lay eggs once per mating season.