Photo of the Day
An amazing sight in my garden this weekend: I was harvesting fresh dill for pickles and found not just one but two of these beautiful caterpillars on my dill plants. After a bit of research, I discovered they’re destined to be black swallowtail butterflies, of which we’ve seen a number of this year. Turns out these caterpillars like dill (and parsley and fennel)…I had no idea!
Luckily, they were both quite cooperative; it seems that if you bump or disturb one, they send out a horrible odor as a deterrent.
It looks like I’ll be leaving some dill up strictly for our newest garden members.
Amazing
Thank you! I am constantly in awe of nature.
The caterpillars are amazing. Love fresh dill. Used to quick pickle cucumbers and onions when I had a garden. Slice and into brine mix in the morning and serve in the evening.
They are incredibly beautiful up close! I’m a bit of a pickle nut so I do quick pickles, fermented pickles plus canned. ?Keeps me busy!
Every once in a while I see one of those around here and I always wondered what they were. So they’re NOT the caterpillars from Alice in Wonderland… “Whoooo Are youuuuuuu?”
Well, they WERE kind of surreal looking. 🙂 My dill is starting to go to seed and now I don’t want to pull it all up because I want them to have something to feed on. I see a ton of dill-pulling next summer, but it may be worth it.
I love dill! The taste … and smell … it’s even soft, like a feather.
Lovely caterpillars (nice bokeh). If you like butterflies, you might be interested in checking out my sister-in-law’s blog. She’s quite the expert on two-winged identification, tagging, migration routes and pro-butterfly activism (plus there’s always a good photo or two on her posts). Texasbutterflyranch.com. Ken
Ken, thanks so much for the site link! Looking forward to checking it out! My fascination with butterflies is somewhat new but I really enjoy them.
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you!
How vibrant and beautiful!
Thanks so much!
What beautiful pictures! So cool that you could capture that and have it in your garden 🙂
Thank you and yes, I’m pretty excited I discovered them!
Impresionantes, Muy Bellas, Me encantan Las Dos FotografĂas…Un Saludo.
Gracias! Thank you so much – I’m glad I captured them on film!