lay up
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The damage is caused when the female starts laying her eggs: she will cut into the branches of small trees and shrubs to lay up to 600 eggs inside the bark.
From Salon • May 16, 2024
Female stink bugs can lay up to 400 eggs, which become adults a little more than a month after hatching.
From NewsForKids.net • Apr. 15, 2024
Female bedbugs can deposit one to five eggs a day and may lay up to 200 to 500 eggs in their lifetime.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2024
A three-year-old colony can hold as many as 100,000 fire ants and a mature queen can lay up to 5,000 eggs per day.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2024
He had several hiding places where he lay up during the day and he only came out at night to hunt and explore and search the air for telltale hints of Aurelia in the wind.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
