swallowtails

Look what I have in my garden! Swallowtail caterpillars munching like crazy on the dill. Which is awesome in so many ways. First, I have a ton of self seeded dill that I've been pulling out, so they're saving me all that time weeding. Second, they're beautiful! And going to get even more beautiful. Third, they're super cool. I hope they decide to turn into butterflies in my yard. Oh please, oh please...

Started out with four but have lost track of three of them. They are getting a lot greener and more difficult to find so need to do a thorough search. And then hopefully I will soon be posting pictures of the chrysalides.

baby

getting bigger

and yellower

and then greener and even bigger