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Sharlynn saw a butterfly laying eggs on our lime plant, decided to hand raise it when it hatched into a caterpillar and document it as her IRS school project. She took photos of it everyday...
Part 1 of 3 of how a Lime Butterfly undergoes the complete process of Metamorphosis, from an egg to a butterfly. With lots of footage and information.
Witness the fascinating journey of a butterfly from egg to caterpillar in this captivating video! Watch as we document the entire hatching process of butterf...
Jul 11, 2023 · Egg: The journey begins when the female lime butterfly lays down her host plant-specific spherical yellow to green eggs, typically numbering up to 100, on the leaves of preferred citrus plants such as Murraya koenigii and Citrus x aurantiifolia. Single eggs are laid in multiple places to increase survival chances of the offspring.
The female butterfly goes from plant to plant, laying a single egg at a time on top of a leaf, which it holds onto with its legs, and flies off as soon as the egg is laid. The egg is round, light yellowish in colour, flattened at the base, smooth-surfaced, and about 1.5 mm in height.
Nov 27, 2012 · Lime Butterfly (Papilio demoleus malayanus) lay her eggs singly on the young leaves of the host plant (various Citrus species). The egg has a round shape and measuring about 1mm in diameter. Its color changes from white (transparent) to yellowish and then brown with the passage of time.
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Oct 18, 2018 · The female Lime Butterfly lays a single egg on many leaves. The egg hatches into a caterpillar after 3-6 days. The caterpillar eats leaves and after 12-22 days it undergoes metamorphosis (changes) into a pupa, which is a casing called a chrysalis.
