“The caterpillar does all the work but the butterfly gets all the publicity” - George Carlin

our one fennel plant. we dont eat it, but the black swallowtail butterfly caterpillars love it. there's five of them in this picture.

another angle of the black swallowtail butterfly caterpillar

side view

chomping away at the fennel

an earlier stage of the black swallow tail butterfly caterpillar. this one is on our dill plant.

after the caterpillar stage, comes the chrysalis stage, just before the butterfly stage

the black swallowtail butterfly. it has to dry its wings first before it can fly.

happy family

almost ready to fly for the first time

saying goodbye. tears and hugs.