Butterfly eggs are as different from each other as one species of butterfly appears to another. Some are laid in large groups, some in pairs or small groups and some one to a plant. Found in a rainbow of colors and myriad of shapes it really helps to know what plant you are looking at to determine what an egg might be. Butterflies are specialists that can usually only consume one or a few closely related plants as caterpillars so knowing what plants are host plants can help you identify to which butterfly a group of eggs might belong.
Photo credits: Imperial moths eggs by TJ Couch.
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