My parsley has not been growing. I blamed the soil mix at first but all the rest of my herbs are growing like mad. Then I blamed the plants themselves, but now I know the truth.
A few days ago, my daughter discovered this Black Swallowtail caterpillar on my parsley. Parsley is one of their favorite foods. This caterpillar appeared to be ready to pupate (form a chrysalis). We planned to take more photos of it as it progressed towards butterfly-hood.
Unfortunately, we have a lot of hungry baby cardinals in the area and the caterpillar appears to have been a tasty morsel for one of the babies. Oh, well. At least my parsley might grow now!
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