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A female screwworm fly can lay 200 to 300 eggs at a time and may lay up to 3,000 eggs during her 10 to 30-day lifespan.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

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

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

They lay up to five hundred eggs at a time and bury them.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling