Lime tree has a sleepover! five invited guests.
My little lime tree has been having some guests to sleepover - catterpillars. Round about the time of the cyclone I commented how many orchard swallowtail butterflies there were, and they were flitting about my lime tree. Clearly they were laying eggs. Now I love butterflies, but I also love my lime tree, so what to do.....? I picked a few off and moved them over to my neighbours huge kaffir lime tree - I am sure that can support a few more catterpillars. I kept five - I think they are the same as I watched one emerge last year. orchard-swallowtail-butterfly- . those I had on a branch I had picked from a neighbours tree, but this time I clearly have a preffered host plant for them. Citrus fruit can be plagued by a lot of problems in the tropics, but limes are more resistant than lemons or oranges. I had bought some oil spray thinking that the curling leaves were a sign of leaf miner, but havnt used it yet. ...