<p><i>Dryas iulia</i><br>
Perched on the tendril of a <i>Passiflora</i> plant, the egg of the Julia heliconian butterfly may be safe from hungry ants. This species lays its eggs almost exclusively on this plant’s twisted vines.</p>
Julia heliconian butterfly egg
Dryas iulia
Perched on the tendril of a Passiflora plant, the egg of the Julia heliconian butterfly may be safe from hungry ants. This species lays its eggs almost exclusively on this plant’s twisted vines.
Insect Eggs
Engineered for survival, insect eggs hang on and hatch wherever their parents deposit them.
This story appears in the September 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine.
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