The greenbottle's eggs, though these are of very rapid development, take twenty-four hours to yield their grubs.

On the top of this, I place a few slabs of greenbottle eggs collected a moment ago from the snake in my earthen pan.

Even in this imperfect case, it is obvious that the greenbottle grubs begin by liquefying their food.

Nothing tells us that the grub of the greenbottle does not adopt this method of growing.