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
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
Just this morning look who came to visit… wish I would have taken a better shot of this beautiful swallowtail butterfly. Looks like something was munching on a wing 🙂 You can see the straw-like tongue trying to slurp up the nectar of the flowers. I really think it recently left its chrysalis as it … Continue reading