When I opened the cupboard in the patio to get my spade, I found a beautiful lime butterfly lying inside. The poor butterfly must have hatched and found itself trapped inside. Lime caterpillars have a habit of crawling away from the food plant to find a safe place to transform into a larvae. Somehow, this particular one found its way into the cupboard.
no wonder your frd's son is so in love with them, they're beautiful! is it still alive when u found it?
ReplyDeleteIt was dead but in perfect condition. Poor thing!
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ReplyDeleteDead... seriously? Very pretty but poor thing :-(
ReplyDeleteThis is the first time I see a lime butterfly. What a beautiful insect!
ReplyDeleteWld you know why it's called a lime butterfly? Is it becoz it likes lime plant?
Stephanie - Yes, I felt so sorry for the beautiful thing!
ReplyDeleteJC - I remember you asking about this butterfly before. That's why i quickly blogged about it when I found it. It's probably called lime butterfly because it lays it's eggs on the lime plant (and other citrus plants and curry leaf).
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