Cyanide acts as a repellent on leaves of the lima bean. Phytophthora phaseoli is one example of a pathogen of the lima bean. When the joey is born, it is about the size of a lima bean. The city still hosts an annual lima bean festival. The main induced defense of the lima bean is the Jasmonic acid pathway. The seed is a shaped and sized similar to a lima bean when germinated. One herbivore of lima bean is "Spodoptera littoralis", the African cotton leafworm. They would become the largest producers of dried lima bean in the United States. Sophie was born on a lima bean ranch in San Marcos, California, as Sophie Huchting. The two-spotted spider mites or "Tetranychus" "urticae" lay eggs on lima bean leaves. In western New York State, baby lima bean production increased exponentially from 2011 to 2015. Lima bean is a domesticated species of economic and cultural importance worldwide, especially in Mexico. The lima bean is known to contain up to 31 ppm cyanide in some varieties. The lima bean can contain anti-nutrients like phytic acids, saponin, oxalate, tannin, and trypsin inhibitors. Lima bean, cowpea, snap beans, peanuts, lespedeza, lupine, pepper, tomato, okra, onion, and garlic.