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Papilio polyxenes
Eating parsley (there were a couple of them and the parsley may be gone by morning).
Spotted on Jun 16, 2011
Submitted on Jun 16, 2011
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I also have fennel planted for them but it looks like they prefer the parsley - I'll have to watch for the chrysalis next. Thanks!
Now you know that Parsley is a Host plant where this particular butterfly lays it's eggs. Beautiful spotting.