July 20, 1951. Female attempted to escape from the nest. Four eggs visible in nest, one 151⁄2 × 10 mm.
July 25, 1951. When rock was raised the female ran from the nest.
July 27, 1951. When rock was raised the female was in the nest with the eggs; she ran and hid beneath a boulder five feet away. After a few minutes she emerged and ran 15 feet to a hickory sapling and climbed it.
July 28, 1951. Female was not in the nest but the four eggs were still present.
July 30, 1951. Female found dead and partly eaten by ants beside rock one foot from nest; eggs still present in the nest.
July 31, 1951. Eggs still present in the nest.
August 3, 1951. Eggs still present, including some deep in the nest cavity which apparently were overlooked previously.
August 6, 1951. One much indented egg found outside the nest cavity was opened and found to contain a live fetus, seemingly fully developed and normal. The opened egg was placed on damp soil in a shady place near the nest, but two hours later the hatchling had been killed and partly eaten by swarms of ants.
August 9, 1951. The remaining eggs had disappeared, evidently taken by a predator as no empty shells remained to indicate that the young had hatched.