Upon further inspection, I found this little guy chomping away. A little research tells me this is a Black Swallowtail caterpillar, and they love fennel, dill, and Queen Anne's lace.
I plopped him in a bucket and tossed him over the fence. I hope he doesn't come back! But, I do wonder how he found my fennel. Or, maybe the little eggs were attached to one of the plants all along? I need to inspect them better!
2 comments:
He sure is beautiful! Too bad they are so destructive! Daniel always feeds the ones he finds on our plants to the birds in the yard. Circle of life and all that. Kinda mean though.
so funny! and cool looking caterpillar!
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