Saturday, June 5, 2010

Lime butterfly

YK shot a picture of a newly hatched lime butterfly in my garden.

While I love to see this beautiful butterfly flitting about in my garden, I dread the day it lays its eggs on my lime plant. Once the eggs hatch, the hungry caterpillars will devour all the leaves within days.

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  1. That's the most dreaded moment! i have seen 50 - 60 newly hatched catterpillar on my vines! I chop the leaves and throw away....phew.....!

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  2. Wow, good move. They can destroy the plant overnight!

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  3. I did the same as Malar. When I sighted caterpillars on my Adenium or lime plants, I will just remove the plants together with the caterpillars and threw them away. I hope I am not killing them ~ there'd be karmic effect on me if I do.

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