Thursday, September 20, 2018

My Yard ~ Black Swallowtail Butterflies




Male Swallowtail butterfly in the garden

Female Swallowtail butterfly in the garden but still laying eggs on the parsley and rue


Lots of Black Swallowtail caterpillars chowing down

And they ate it all and had to be relocated to another plant

And more BS cats chowing down.  the gardens are filled with them.


Getting ready to pupate

In the gardens

And 24 hrs later it's a chrysalis! 
Will it eclose this season or will it overwinter? There's no way to tell yet.





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