Lovely visitor to my garden – a swallowtail butterfly. Eastern Swallowtails host on members of the Apiaceae family which include dill, parsley, fennel, carrot, celery and Queen Anne’s Lace. This year they chose to lay their eggs on my dill plant. You can see a caterpillar feeding on the umbrella like seed heads (umbels). The … Continue reading
This lovely Black Swallowtail Butterfly has been flying around my deck all day long – especially the parsley. This is a female as she has a band of iridescent blue on her hindwings while males have a band of yellow. See how the lower part of her body is curved in as she lays her … Continue reading
What? I am so excited but sad at the same time. I thought the swallowtail butterfly had only TWO generations but lo and behold, I have a THIRD. This late in the year – he/she will not have enough time to go from a very tiny caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly. I wish I could … Continue reading