Minibeast eggs don’t look like bird eggs, are usually not kept in nests, and may or may not be individually protected by their own hard “shell”. Often, the mother will enclose all her eggs together in a single protective cover, such as a silk egg sac for spiders, or a hard protein ootheca for praying mantids and cockroaches. While some minibeasts carry these egg cases around with them or guard them, others try to camouflage them and hope for the best. Their mother is likely to be long gone by the time they hatch and immediately begin fending for themselves.

Eggs can be laid anywhere. Often they can be found hidden in foliage, but they also frequently turn up on the outside (or inside!) of the house. Some minibeasts paste their eggs individually on plants, hang them in a silk bundle, wrap them in a green leaf, or even bury them underground.