Anopheles' oviposition behaviour Anoplines exhibit a variety of oviposition behaviours. None oviposited though while settled on the water surface. A number of anopelines will deposit eggs on moist surfaces. IDOMAL:0002322 IDOMAL:0002322 Wild females of Anopheles melas have been observed ovipositing while perched on the vertica surface of pneumatophores in unflooded Avicennia mangover swamps. There has been one report of an anopheline drinking before oviposition (Anopheles messeae). Oviposition without drinking was reported for Anopheles maculipennis sensus stricto and Anopheles atroparvus. idomal_namespace egg laying behaviour egg laying behaviour