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Butterflies look beautiful but it destroyed lots of Cycas plants in our city and I rescued my Cycas from Butterflies. Last year during the summer time when my Cycas started flushing then the caterpillars secretly ate all the flush and destroyed it and so I chopped the top new flush and this time I kept a fence on it and rescued it from butterflies. These butterflies lay eggs that hatch into caterpillars that camouflage its skin colour which match the green flush of Cycas. The strange thing is that caterpillars can turn themselves into any colour that match the target prey plants to save themselves from birds. Even I haven't identified that it was damaged by green caterpillars as I thought it was caused by sunburn but when I chopped those new fronds then I saw the green caterpillars hiding under the fronds eating them secretly.
This Cycas in black pot is a pup from the mother plant of my another Cycas plant that was actually destroyed by the caterpillars. Its mother Cycas has just started flushing with 14 new fronds. I will post its pictures later.
This Cycas in black pot is a pup from the mother plant of my another Cycas plant that was actually destroyed by the caterpillars. Its mother Cycas has just started flushing with 14 new fronds. I will post its pictures later.
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