After a long spring bereft of butterflies, yesterday our fennel was visited by a gravid black swallowtail. As you can see in the video, she spent time laying more than a few eggs.
Within a week, we'll have wee little caterpillars going about their caterpillar business.
This is our sacrificial fennel, which the caterpillars are welcome to munch right to the ground. Every year it rebounds with a second flush of growth (and sometimes a second crop of butterflies).
I'll continue to buy fennel for dinner at the Co-op and leave our garden fennel to the butterflies.
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