Because a butterfly is an insect and most insects lay eggs...
In short, because they just do.
Butterflies lay their eggs on plants. Some are very particular which plant they lay their eggs on. Monarchs only lay their eggs on milkweed plants. They are more likely to lay the eggs on a leaf since there are other insects that may be visiting the flowers.
How many eggs a female butterfly lays can vary slightly by species. On average a female butterfly lays 100 eggs at one time.
Butterflies do not lay eggs directly on mint plants. They typically prefer to lay their eggs on specific host plants that caterpillars will feed on once they hatch. However, butterflies may still visit mint plants for nectar and as a food source.
Most butterflies lay their eggs on plants: on the top or bottom of leaves, on the flowers, on twigs, in the chinks of bark, or on the plant stalk. Some butterflies lay their eggs near the plant: on dry grass stems, dead leaves, or on soil. By laying their eggs on or near plants, the newly hatched caterpillars will have something to eat.
Monarch butterflies lay their eggs on milkweed plants. The milkweed plant is the only food source for monarch caterpillars, so this is where the female butterflies choose to lay their eggs.
On a leaf
It lay its eggs underside of a leaf.
milkweed leafs i would say
You should know this, but if you don't, butterflies lay eggs on leaves. They are so smart, they know where to put their eggs. If the butterflies doesn't know and puts it in a random leaf, that could be a problem.
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.---------------------------------------------------------------------
A butterfly lays its egg on a leaf
i don't know the proper answer, but i know butterflies use their feet to taste if the leaf is good enough to lay eggs on.
They lay eggs
No.
Most butterflies lay their eggs on plants that will be eaten by the caterpillar, when it hatches. Some species lay their eggs on the tops of leafs, some on the bottom, some at the leaf axils, some on flowers, and some on stalks. Which species do which is not known in all cases.
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Usually the underside of the plant's leaf.