Butterflies @ Minton

Time and tides wait for no man.

A lime butterfly flew into our balcony and I quickly called H and P to sit quietly to observe its egg-laying behavior. I always thought it would pause on a citrus leaf for a few seconds to lay an egg. However, it kept flying around our lemon plant, barely touching it, for a good 2-3 minutes. By the time it was gone, we inspected the plant for eggs. Much to our astonishment, it laid 6 eggs! And two of them on the stem instead of leaves. How interesting.

2 thoughts on “Butterflies @ Minton

  1. How neat! I had to google lime butterfly, as I’d never heard of it before. That started me down a deep rabbit hole, from one semi-related topic to another. :)

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