Fennel Munchers

I was beginning to think that the red wasps were back eating the caterpillars like the last two years as we had no cats because of them and very few butterflies the last couple of years. But this year the wasps are nowhere to be seen so the butterflies are more abundant and then there are the Swallowtail caterpillars... These are just 4 of the 11 that have been eating away at the fennel this last week.

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And then I looked out yesterday...

Fennel Munchers