Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Look what I got!, 1 by melody

melody wrote:
This female Polyphemus came to the lights last night and I helped her into an empty water pitcher for the night. After her stay in such posh accommodations, I set her free this morning and took her picture.


Now....what to do....she left me with several gifts. She laid eggs in the water pitcher! Where do I need to place them in relation to the host plants to assure the best survival?

host plants are most oaks, maples, elms, fruitwoods...(about all trees in my area) Since they weren't laid on the tree....where do they go? Leaves would fall to the ground this winter..or do they go on the bark?

These are so uncommon around here, I hate not to give the eggs their best chance.