Early developmental stages of Brachycybe lecontii. A. Egg of B. lecontii, aside from some wrinkles due to desiccation, the egg surface is smooth (note: base of egg circled with ring of carbon paste); B. A hatching B. lecontii with five leg pairs and seven body rings, the amber oval object in the foreground is the empty egg shell; C. Stadium I B. lecontii, ventral; D. The same, left ventrolateral view. Scale bar A = 0.4 mm; scale bar C, D = 0.5 mm.