The freshly laid egg of a Great orange tip

[Prajwal J Ullal]

Spotted along the Sati baug area of SGNP, it was surprising how such a big butterfly preferred low lying bush, probably its host plant, for laying the eggs. The area was a bit tight for me to capture the whole action of laying eggs, so preferred attempting to capture the freshly laid beauty

EXIF:
Canon 550D
Canon 100mm macro
F/9
Shutterspeed 1/125
ISO 400
Handheld, Inbuilt flash used

Location: Sati Baug, SGNP

[Mrudul Godbole]

Oh, had never seen a butterfly egg before. How many eggs does it lay at a time? Nicely captured. Thanks for sharing.

[Prajwal J Ullal]

AT a time I saw it laying just one egg, but it kept on laying on several leaves