Hello! It's a Black Swallowtail caterpillar.
After helping with butterfly garden maintenance at the Baytown Nature Center for two months, I was rewarded with a caterpillar sighting. The two-incher was hard to miss.
In the underbrush of Turk's cap, the very hungry caterpillar was munching on some scraggly dill.
Fortunately caterpillars are patient with photographers. Trying to get a good shot of a butterfly with a smart phone camera can be a challenge. But a caterpillar barely pauses eating when a camera invades its space.
Also found in the underbrush were several drink cans. Who visits a park or nature center and tosses trash aside?
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| Dude, or dudette, stop throwing your trash into the bushes. |
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