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Gardening

TeapotInATempest

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10. Black Swallowtail caterpillars!

Reply to wildeyed (Original post)

Tue Jul 18, 2017, 10:36 AM

Jul 2017

I usually have one or two at a time on my dill, which I plant specifically for them. I bring them in to protect them from being eaten by wasps, raise them and free them once they emerge as butterflies. I currently have 10 (!) tiny caterpillar babies on my two dill plants. Word must have gotten around the neighborhood...

I had to buy another dill plant because they eat a LOT once they get larger!

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