Swallowtail butterfly: Citrus Plant Pest
Swallowtail butterfly. Picture Source: Dave's Garden Passionate gardeners often exhibit special affinity for the varieties of citrus plants to grow in their gardens, most common of which is a lemon tree. Citrus plants attract a variety of butterfly species to enter the gardens. These butterfly species’ larvae often are found to feed on these citrus plant leaves and foliage. One of the species known as “tent caterpillar” affects citrus plants but is not seem to be very harmful for lemon tree. While another very common butterfly species, swallowtail butterfly ( papilio cresphontes cramer ), whose larvae are very well known as lemon tree caterpillars or orangedogs caterpillars can drastically affect the foliage of a lemon tree or more precisely a growing shrub of a lemon tree. Caterpillar of swallowtail butterfly Picture Source: Pinterest Identification of Orangedog caterpillars: Orangedogs are easily identified as long worms of about 1 n half to about 2 inches with bo...
