tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post1542029457302413382..comments2008-09-11T10:08:48.431-05:00Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116gailtiles@gmail.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-61220624718960405482008-09-11T10:08:00.000-05:002008-09-11T10:08:00.000-05:00Oh those caterpillers...we have a love/hate relation. Yours are veeery beautiful, nice pictures.Tyra in Vaxholmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04111758517855490413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-16902242430043123462008-09-08T16:16:00.000-05:002008-09-08T16:16:00.000-05:00phillip,<BR/><BR/>Well, they do appear rather mean looking! I think we all made this mistake until we read about them in a magazine or book. It happens! So now, you can plant a row a parsley for the caterpillars. Plant fennel, too. Plant enough that you can enjoy the really lovely bronze fennel in full ferny beauty! <BR/><BR/>gailGailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-92088112308173183902008-09-08T08:29:00.000-05:002008-09-08T08:29:00.000-05:00Okay, I'm learning a lot from your blog today! I see these on my parsley and I usually get rid of them but I see now that I should let them be. I guess it is a choice of parsley or butterflies?Philliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01546160918395373740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-44456735365146932522008-09-07T19:11:00.000-05:002008-09-07T19:11:00.000-05:00cabs,<BR/><BR/>We do and the fennel still smells delicious, although, there is little left after the boys of summer dine.<BR/><BR/>GailGailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-57201881530774912632008-09-07T17:46:00.000-05:002008-09-07T17:46:00.000-05:00Great pictures of the caterpillars! You must have many swallowtails around. Beautiful.. and the Anise...mmmm MMMM mmmm I can almost smell it.Cabshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10258005075798417360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-66477198239772488402008-09-07T06:00:00.000-05:002008-09-07T06:00:00.000-05:00skeeter,<BR/><BR/>Look for the tiniest little black line, really small. like a tiny dash sign, that could be a newly hatched instar! <BR/><BR/>GailGailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-4114125353972633042008-09-06T19:24:00.000-05:002008-09-06T19:24:00.000-05:00Dee,<BR/><BR/>Thanks...I like these guys and they are fun to write about!<BR/><BR/>GailGailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-70400953472576142262008-09-06T19:23:00.000-05:002008-09-06T19:23:00.000-05:00amy,<BR/><BR/>They eat and eat and grow and grow! I saw a newly hatched instar this morning on the parsley, he was smaller than this capital I.<BR/><BR/>GailGailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-66522322374400536782008-09-06T18:12:00.000-05:002008-09-06T18:12:00.000-05:00Gail, I learn so much from you about bugs, caterpillars and their friends. Thank you for all you write, photograph and video.~~DeeDee/reddirtramblingswww.reddirtramblings.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-47692329937454277852008-09-06T16:32:00.000-05:002008-09-06T16:32:00.000-05:00Amazing! What a difference - I never would have suspected the little guy would grow into the huge stripey one.Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08691765466320690473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-33350951924154392962008-09-06T13:13:00.000-05:002008-09-06T13:13:00.000-05:00sue sift,<BR/><BR/>Hi and welcome across the pond! The caterpillars are quite voracious eaters...that is all they do!<BR/><BR/>Btw, I read your balcony post, it clearly read "compliment on the impact, Love it, but, I have to do mine differently" it was a beautifully photographed post!<BR/><BR/>GailGailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-43998552525053984562008-09-06T12:16:00.000-05:002008-09-06T12:16:00.000-05:00Super video - made me laugh. looks a bit like my family at dinner time ...<BR/><BR/>The photos are super too. The swallowtail caterpillars are just as beautiful as the butterflies.Sue Swifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16053188212601918182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-50455478135134127802008-09-06T08:45:00.000-05:002008-09-06T08:45:00.000-05:00I do have parsley but have not checked it for crawlies. Have not seen any crawlies on the carrot tops either but they are not near the garden but rather on the other side of the house....Skeeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08222522533934405029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-67990101645509266962008-09-06T08:08:00.000-05:002008-09-06T08:08:00.000-05:00susie,<BR/><BR/>When it stops raining I will look for them! <BR/><BR/>GailGailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-90318353104585303512008-09-05T22:16:00.000-05:002008-09-05T22:16:00.000-05:00Gail, They were all with 3-5 feet of the parsley except for one little fellow that ended up on the side of my house. Unfortunately, he didn't make it because he had no camouflage.Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06270611634380137009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-21481014943732892202008-09-05T21:43:00.000-05:002008-09-05T21:43:00.000-05:00cinj,<BR/><BR/>Mom with two school age kids= no time to look up caterpillars! Am I right!<BR/><BR/>GailGailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-713284424124929442008-09-05T20:37:00.000-05:002008-09-05T20:37:00.000-05:00You know, I still haven't made the time to find out what they were. My summer's just been extremely crazy. They were on a tree, I think it was a poplar.Cinjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09582157624382487302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-35836867471915564862008-09-05T17:18:00.000-05:002008-09-05T17:18:00.000-05:00cinj,<BR/><BR/>Hey there! Yes they are quite nice looking! There are some really ugly ones covered with spines! What were yours? Where they eating a tree?<BR/><BR/>gailGailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-32229398908479182008-09-05T17:04:00.000-05:002008-09-05T17:04:00.000-05:00skeeter,<BR/><BR/>I fear that is the case here, too! But we'll both plant host plants and they will return! <BR/><BR/>GailGailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-23256422753178532392008-09-05T17:03:00.000-05:002008-09-05T17:03:00.000-05:00meems,<BR/><BR/>Don't I wish we had butterflies all year! No they disappear when we have freezes...and we have our first one sometime in October! Lucky you to have monarchs on the milkweed. There is something regal about them and yet they dine on the common milkweed. Which milkweed do you grow? <BR/><BR/>GailGailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-77057804627082277812008-09-05T17:01:00.000-05:002008-09-05T17:01:00.000-05:00Your catepillars are much pretties than the ones I had this spring were.Cinjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09582157624382487302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-11887184134342930212008-09-05T16:07:00.000-05:002008-09-05T16:07:00.000-05:00dp,<BR/><BR/>Do you have any caterpillars on your parsley or carrots? Do you grow parsley? I'm pretty sure most gardeners really don't want the caterpillars eating their carrot tops, but the fennel is planted for them!<BR/><BR/>GailGailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-36564313906021516362008-09-05T15:59:00.000-05:002008-09-05T15:59:00.000-05:00Gail, you asked how our butterflies are doing...?...<BR/>Their numbers are starting to dwindle down to just a few now.Skeeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08222522533934405029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-68638402397625902552008-09-05T15:43:00.000-05:002008-09-05T15:43:00.000-05:00Great photos of the stages of your little garden participants. So exciting to find caterpillars in the garden. They are like a reward for all our hard work I think. <BR/><BR/>You are going to have quite the crop of swallowtailsfrom the looks of the number of brightly colored nibblers on your fennel. Will you have butterflies right through the winter like we do down here? I have monarch caterpillars all over my milkweed. They are so fun to watch.<BR/>Meems @Hoe&amp;ShovelMeemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16341998120938921741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-73947959050810065292008-09-05T14:22:00.000-05:002008-09-05T14:22:00.000-05:00WOW, lots and lots of little caaterpillars. I like the colors of them, so pretty.<BR/><BR/>Are you happy for the rain we got today?DP Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13729511776841579464noreply@blogger.com