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My first caterpillar

15 years ago

But I don't know what it is. It looks familiar but I'm so busy watering, I'm slow to find it.

Anna

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christie_sw_mo
15 years ago
Congrats Anna! My guess is a Black Swallowtail but you may have some butterflies there that I don't.
annainok
Original Author
15 years ago
My yard is full of Papilio, mostly P.glaucus, but also P.polyxenes--I even had the odd P. cresphontes--I planted this dill in hope that it would attract something. (Okay. I thought I might make pickles, but leps win out!)

BTW Christie, the seeds you gave me have done well. (My son harvested his first watermelon today!) I was late getting the milkweeds out, but they're looking good now.

Anna
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MissSherry
15 years ago
It's a black swallowtail for sure - congrats!
Is that dill or fennel it's eating?
Sherry
butterflymomok
15 years ago
Congrats, Anna!
annainok
Original Author
15 years ago
Dill!
susanlynne48
15 years ago
Hey, Anna - congrats! I have several cats now on both Fennel and Dill. Beware, if your plants are flowering, they tend to lay eggs in the flowers, which makes it virtually impossible to see them. When the eggs hatch, you will find the tiny little cats eating the flowers.

Susan

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