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Butterflies select certain plant to lay their eggs on because that's the food their baby caterpillar will need. Therefore as soon as the egg hatches, the caterpillar is ready to go! If you have any other butterfly questions, e-mail them to to me @ liviebug97@Yahoo.com

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Do butterflies lay on mint?

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.


How do you altract butterflies?

You can attract butterflies by planting the plants they lay their eggs on (host plants) and flowering plants (nectar plants) for butterflies that are normally found in your area of the world. If you search the internet for 'butterfly host plants' you will be led to sites that give more specific information. What attracts butterflies in Florida may not attract butterflies in Iowa or Oregon. Butterflies are very picky about plants that they lay eggs upon.


Do butterflies lay eggs on there abdomen?

No. Eggs are in their abdomens and they lay their eggs either on or near their host plants. Host plants are the plants that the caterpillars eat. Each butterfly has its own specific species of plant or plants that it can eat as a caterpillar.


Do butter flies lay eggs?

No a housefly does not have a shell, it is an insect and has an exoskeleton.


Why do butterflies lay their eggs in garbage?

Most butterflies don't lay their eggs in garbage. They typically lay their eggs on the plant that their caterpillars will feed on. Monarchs butterflies lay their eggs on milkweed plants. Spicebush swallowtails butterflies lay their eggs on Spicebush, Sassafras, Sweet Bay, and Prickly Ash. You get the idea. I don't know of any butterflies that lay their eggs in garbage, but if they do it is probably the type of garbage that their caterpillars would feed on.


Where do butterflies lay their eggs?

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.


Will butterflies lay eggs on clothing that is hung outside?

Not intentionally... Butterflies normally lay eggs on or around their host plants, and no butterfly larve feeds on clothing. I'm sure it would be possible for a butterfly to drop an egg or two on clothing, but that would not be a normal occurrence.


Do caterpillars or butterflies lay eggs?

Butterflies lay eggs.


Monarch butterfly lays its eggs where?

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.


Do butterfli lay eggs?

Yes, butterflies do lay eggs. The adults lay eggs on the plants that the caterpillars like to eat, so that when the caterpillars hatch they are right there surrounded by food. In fact, a lot of caterpillars even start out by eating their own eggshell!


How do monarch butterflies have babies?

butterfly fish reproduce by laying eggs in the sea


Why do plants need butterflies?

butterflies need plants because they need to lay their eggs on the leaf!