Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 61, 1 by sunnyg

sunnyg wrote:
This is my first time trying my hand at raising caterpillars, so I've been doing a lot of reading. I found a swallowtail egg on some fennel while taking a walk, and thus began my search. Fennel grows in huge clumps all over around here, especially along freeways, etc. Once I started looking, I discovered a big cat on some fennel right next to the freeway exit near my house. I've also found 4 more eggs, and a smaller cat as well.

The original egg just hatched tonight! I can't believe how tiny the little cat is...I practically need a magnifying glass to get a good look at it. Here are the two cats I collected...the big one crawled over and checked out the little one last night, and then crawled back over to his side again.

This message was edited May 27, 2009 10:10 PM