Spider mites or tobacco budworm may be the pest that appears to leave black eggs and munch on geranium leaves.
Specifically, the tobacco budworm moth (Helicoverpa virescens ) deposits eggs that gray from an original white or yellow-white with age. Spider mites (Tetranychidae family) look like black, minuscule, moving specks of dirt. Budworm eggs mature into larvae that relish geranium buds and shoots. They share their love for geranium foliage with spider mites.
Night-flying moths cover geranium leaves with little black eggs, which hatch into leaf-eating larvae. The pest therefore involves two stages in the life cycle of a lepidopteran. The adult lays the eggs while the larvae, known as budworms, devour the foliage.
It is possible that the black spots are caused by the fern leaves resting on the pot. It is also possible that a certain species of butterfly has laid her eggs on the underside of the plant leaves.
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Yes, when the eggs hatch the babies are on there own, hunting and fending for themselves.
They lay there eggs on milkweed leaves.
You can usually find butterfly eggs in leaves.
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There is great significance of the butterfly eggs being laid under the leaves. One reason is so that the eggs can survive.