ovicide

When this occurs, a male-female pair is over twice as successful in nest defense, preventing the ovicide of their offspring.

Hamilton mentioned birds and fishes exhibiting infanticide (more specifically: ovicide) as examples for such behaviours.

Females of the species are known to destroy eggs guarded by males (ovicide, a form of infanticide), which secures care for their future offspring.

In 1939, xanthone was introduced as an insecticide and it currently finds uses as ovicide for codling moth eggs and as a larvicide.

As part of the life cycle of this pest is spent as eggs on the trunks and limbs of cherry and plum trees, a winter wash of these with tar oil ovicide will reduce the incidence of attacks the following year.