tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745573382116825057.post1053160145786524674..comments2023-11-03T01:02:07.781-07:00Comments on Pam Plants A Garden: Hard fact: I'm a butterfly killer.Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01777614300090763806noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745573382116825057.post-73242699373763829542010-08-18T20:43:10.827-07:002010-08-18T20:43:10.827-07:00Oh well, live and learn :-) As for me, I've do...Oh well, live and learn :-) As for me, I've done a lot of home-style research on prairie plants for the home landscape, and in doing so picked up info about various species of butterflies. Parsley and dill (fennel and rue too) are the go-to plants for the Black Swallowtail, so I always plant extra in my garden to share, and have been lucky to observe them throughout their stages, including metamorphosis -- neat stuff!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745573382116825057.post-62561817203750483602010-08-18T18:31:16.808-07:002010-08-18T18:31:16.808-07:00Oh man. I knew it was something beautiful. Thank y...Oh man. I knew it was something beautiful. Thank you for letting me know. I still can't believe I reacted in such an uncharacteristic way. How did you know the type of caterpillar it was?Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01777614300090763806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745573382116825057.post-68954602813967108752010-08-18T12:20:41.634-07:002010-08-18T12:20:41.634-07:00Sigh. It was a Black Swallowtail: http://insects....Sigh. It was a Black Swallowtail: http://insects.tamu.edu/images/insects/common/images/cd-43-c-txt/cimg266.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com