Oviposition by Phaon iridipennis (Burmeister) in Kenya (Zygoptera: Calopterygidae)

Territorial behaviour and courtship are briefly described. During oviposition, much of which occurs without male guarding, females make slits in the stems of Cyperus dereilema. The slits are up to 40 mm long and contain eggs packed in a single file at a density of I egg per 0.44 mm. Heavy parasitism of the eggs in one slit was discovered.