Every fall my garden becomes a larval nursery for some Swallowtail butterflies. They like dill and parsley. This year they found my carrots and parsnips.
It doesn't take long for them to do some damage.
Just working their way from one end of the bed to the other. Voracious little eaters, too!
Good news - the growing points on the carrots and parsnips are still in tact, so they will sprout new leaves within a day or so. Bad news, the caterpillars have eaten away all of their camouflage, so it won't be long until the birds discover a caterpillar buffet in this raised bed.
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