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Swallowtail eggs - or something else?

10 years ago

Yesterday, I had a big beautiful yellow swallotail butterfly visiting my lemon tree. Today, I discover a bunch of these dewey-looking eggs under several leaves (which could have been there for a while for all I know). Am I about to be the lucky host of her young ones, or do these eggs come from somebody else's? There are a lot of spiders around here too...eek! Thanks for tips! :)

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MissSherry
10 years ago
For the most part, swallowtails lay their eggs singly, pipevine swallowtails being one notable exception. Giant swallowtails are the ones that lay their eggs on citrus, and their eggs range from greenish orange to orange in color and are usually laid on the top of the leaf.

I don't know what that is on the underside of your leaf.

Sherry
toastytoes
Original Author
10 years ago
Thank you Sherry! Guess I'll be plucking those leaves, then... I will sacrifice my leaves for butterfly babies, but not for...8 legged horrors. :)
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