Meet “Limeyâ€, the
lime-eating caterpillar:
We have a kaffir
lime tree in a large clay pot in our carport. Kaffir
lime is a wonderful ingredient in Southeast Asian cooking, particularly Thai dishes. We’ve used kaffir
lime leaf in many recipes, including Stir fried Pork with Long Beans, Thai Green Curry, and Wild Salmon Cakes with Kaffir
Lime and Ginger.
One day, I spotted what at first appeared to be some bird poop on one of the leaves. It actually turned out to be a caterpillar, as eviden (...)
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Tags: Butterfly, common, demoleus, Lime, Papilio, Swallowtail