Post Hibernation Strategies > Eggs
Butterfly eggs should not be brought out of their cold weather hibernation cycle until
fresh food plant is naturally available. Once you do bring them out of the cold, expose ova
to long day photoperiod and intermittant humidity (spritzing or mist spraying with water).
Please see the hatching eggs section for more information on handling butterfly ova.
Please see the hatching eggs section for more information on handling butterfly ova.
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Hypaurotis chrysalis citima Ovum
Eggs of the colorado hairstreak overwinter. If you find eggs during the winter months, it's important to keep eggs exposed to cold overwintering conditions until you can obtain fresh growth of scrub oak (Quercus gambelii) or other suitable lab oak to feed the hatchling first instar caterpillar.
