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Question Mark butterfly eggs

Better, sharper pic than the one i posted before. (It's worth viewing large - the eggs look like tiny little watermelons.)

 

The question mark butterfly female often lays her eggs in a chain. The eggs in the middle of the chain are less likely to be eaten by predators. Here you can see a chain of six eggs, with one single egg just in front.

 

I had the amazing pleasure of watching a female lay this chain of eggs on the underside of this elm leaf.

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Uploaded on September 12, 2008
Taken on August 27, 2008