Sunday, May 19, 2013

Black Swallowtail

I went outside today to stake my sugar snap peas which are going wild all over my other plants. My attention was instead captured by a black swallowtail laying eggs all over my dill. It worked! Yeah for host plants.

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See the tiny yellow egg on the dill in the center of the picture? I'm hoping to raise another caterpillar into a butterfly!

Now that the excitement is over. I have to go stake the peas.

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