Black in a Green, Green World
For several years now, we've planted dill as one of our back deck, potted herbs - but we never seem to get to eat any, and we're ok with that. Why? Because we discovered the dill, in turn, grows a crop of Black Swallowtail caterpillars!
As beautiful as this guy is, he will be even prettier when he turns into a butterfly. This guy is about 1" (2.5cm) long.
Handheld macro capture - it was kind of windy, so with the shallow Depth of Field, I needed to take a bunch of captures to get this one. High res, so zoom on in!
Papilio polyxenes on Anethum graveolens
Black in a Green, Green World
For several years now, we've planted dill as one of our back deck, potted herbs - but we never seem to get to eat any, and we're ok with that. Why? Because we discovered the dill, in turn, grows a crop of Black Swallowtail caterpillars!
As beautiful as this guy is, he will be even prettier when he turns into a butterfly. This guy is about 1" (2.5cm) long.
Handheld macro capture - it was kind of windy, so with the shallow Depth of Field, I needed to take a bunch of captures to get this one. High res, so zoom on in!
Papilio polyxenes on Anethum graveolens