How many eggs does a monarch butterfly lay?

A monarch butterfly can actually lay up to several hundred eggs.

The extent of a butterfly caring for their young is to lay their eggs on a plant their offspring can eat. Monarch butterflies lay their eggs on milkweed.

monarch butterfly die when they lay there eggs

They lay there eggs on milkweed leaves.

Monarch butterflies will only lay their eggs on milkweed because it is their hostplant. A hostplant is the plant that the caterpillar will eat when it hatches from its egg. So, the monarch caterpillar will only eat milkweed, and the monarch butterfly will only lay its eggs on milkweed. The monarch depends in the milkweed, the milkweed does not depend on the monarch butterflies.

as others say that a butterfly lay at lease 65 to75 eggs a year.

According to Dr. Karen Oberhauser who has studied the female Monarch Butterfly the average female lays about 700, laying one at a time, but this varies year to year due to climate.

I think it can lay up to around 500 eggs

The Monarch Flies as far as Canada to Mexico to lay their eggs and die. When the babies hatch they make the journy back to where their parents came from.

According to Dr. Karen Oberhauser who has studied the female Monarch Butterfly the average female lays about 700, laying one at a time, but this varies year to year due to climate.

they lay their eggs on leaves.

No, only the adult (moth or butterfly) is sexually mature and can lay eggs. --------------------------------------------------------------------- A caterpillar does not lay eggs. A caterpillar is the juvenile of an insect like a butterfly or moth that when mature will lay eggs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------

It lay its eggs underside of a leaf.

How many eggs a female butterfly lays can vary slightly by species. On average a female butterfly lays 100 eggs at one time.

In 1974 a third-grader from Decatur suggested that the monarch butterfly become the state insect. Schoolchildren lobbied for the monarch butterfly and the General Assembly passed a bill making it official in 1975. The monarch feeds on the nectar of milkweed during their migration. Monarch butterflies are found in Illinois from May to October. They migrate south in the winter to central Mexico, and then return in the spring. Monarchs lay eggs on milkweed plants.

at lease 65 to 75 eggs a year.

100 eggs every year

around 1000 or more

Monarch butterflies do live in Illinois. While they migrate and winter in Mexico, they also live in prairie states. This is due to the milkweed plant which Monarchs use to lay their eggs and feed on.

No. Butterfies will eat fruit, but caterpillars will not. Cats eat the host plant that their eggs are laid on. Each type of butterfly has a different host plant. Monarchs lay their eggs on the Milkweed plant. The Red Admiral butterfly lays her eggs on Pellitory Weed, & False Nettle Weed. Swallowtails lay their eggs on Sweet Fennel, Alfalfa, & Clovers. I have many pics from my butterfly garden of butterflies & a few of…

A butterfly can lay about 6 - 12 eggs a month. Have fun answering other queations on wiki! BYE!

Butterflies don't have babies they lay eggs. They can lay up to several hundred eggs in a life time.

I assume butterfly eggs...

No, Monarch butterflies do not die after they lay their eggs. Adults can live anywhere from 2 to 6 weeks and will mate and lay eggs throughout most of this period. They die when they get old, like humans, and in many cases female still have eggs in their bodies when they do pass away, so they do not always get the chance to lay all of their eggs.

According to Dr. Karen Oberhauser who has studied the female Monarch Butterfly the average female lays about 700, laying one at a time, but this varies year to year due to climate.

The first stage in the butterfly life cycle is the laying or birthing of eggs. Butterflies only lay one egg at a time, but they can lay as many as 40 in a single day.

Many species of butterflies lay about 400 eggs. Some lay many more. Only 1 or 2 out of 100 eggs live to become adult butterflies.

Caterpillars do not lay eggs they are sexually immature, it is the adult butterfly or moth that lays the eggs.

Butterflies may lay as few as several dozen eggs, or as many as several hundred, depending on the species. The number that hatch depend on the weather, the location in which they are laid, and the condition of the eggs themselves.

No, caterpillars do not eat wood!They eat the host plant that their eggs are laid on. Each type of butterfly has a different host plant. Monarchs lay their eggs on the Milkweed plant. The Red Admiral butterfly lays her eggs on Pellitory Weed, & False Nettle Weed. Swallowtails lay their eggs on Sweet Fennel, Alfalfa, & Clovers. I have many pics from my butterfly garden of butterflies & a few of Monarch cats. The facebook…

They lay eggs in a place where there are many plants that the larva can eat.

Because a butterfly is an insect and most insects lay eggs... In short, because they just do.

As long as a regular butterfly. They die after they lay eggs!

hen platypus butterfly

on a milkweed plant

So all the butterfly's can multiply and make more of its species :]

The caterpillars dont lay the eggs, the female butterfly lays them on the host plant of that species

They don't. For a butterfly to produce offspring and lay eggs, the eggs must first be fertilised by a male butterfly.

The eggs would not hatch if not fertilised by a male. A female butterfly will lay her eggs only after being fertilised by a male butterfly.

The monarchs eat the toxic milk weed and thereby gain a deterent against predation. The monarchs also lay eggs on the milk weed.

during spring to summer

it depends it can be in the north or the northeast

Caterpillars others than the monarch... there are only four types of butterflies that lay their eggs on milkweed: the Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus); the Queen (Danaus gilippus); the Tropical Milkweed Butterfly (Lycorea cleobaea); and the Soldier Butterfly (or "Tropic Queen"; Danaus eresimus). Another caterpillar that I was desperately trying to find the name of (which brought me to this page) is Euchaetes egle, the milkweed tussock caterpillar or milkweed tiger moth.

The butterfly lays her eggs directly on the host plant of whatever that is for that kind , for example, the Monarch lay their eggs on the Milkweed plant. The Latin name is Asclepias. The eggs turn into caterlillars (cats). Since they are laid directly on the leaf of the host plant, the cats stay on that plant & eat the leaves. I hope this answers your question. Look on my facebook page, Flowers in…

Yes, in fact they can lay from 700 eggs to 1000 eggs.

Butterflies don't lay eggs! You stupid n'ers!

So when the eggs hatch, they can eat the leaves.

They lay their eggs on the under side of leaves using a sticky liquid to stick the eggs to the leaf so the egg won't fall.

The Langes Metalmark butterfly eats nectar from a variety of dune wildflowers. They are more particular about where they lay their eggs. They will only lay eggs on the Naked Stemmed Buckwheat leaves.

Butterflies lay their eggs on leaves so that when they hatch, the newborn caterpillars have a readily available food source.