A few days ago, I noticed my parsley was sort of… going away… one leaf at a time. On further investigation, I noticed that there was a little caterpillar, and the next day 2 of them. This was super exciting because the preying mantis that was on my raspberry bush had just vanished. I decided to Google “black green yellow caterpillar” and found that to my excited amazement, it is the Black Swallowtail Butterfly. OMG I HAVE BUTTERFLIES COMING!
I am so amazed by their appearance. I live in a brick and concrete neighborhood, with not much around but a large park down the street. The amazing thing though, the Swallowtail lays their eggs on members of the Queen Annes Lace family; carrots, fennel, parsley, dill, celery etc. It’s fascinating that this gorgeous butterfly found its way around allies and brick row homes to find my tiny pot of struggling parsley. I cant wait for their chrysalides!! I should get a net dome to put over them so that birds don’t eat them…
Little green balls of caterpillar parsley poo! gross…
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