The caterpillars on the fennel are back this year!

1 Aug 2020 11:25
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That Eastern Black Swallowtail butterfly I saw the other day has been busy! I counted 6 small caterpillars on the fennel out back!
Eastern Black Swallowtail caterpillar on Fennel

For scale reference, this is an iPhone pic, taken at about 6" away. So I almost didn't notice them!
For scale reference, this is a picture of one of them with my phone at about 6 inches (15 cm) away.

And I am confused by these, as they appear to be eggs. But I think butterfly eggs should be dispersed and laid singly, not in clutch like this. I’m gonna keep an eye on it!
These appear to be eggs on the fennel. But I would have expected butterfly eggs to be dispersed, not in a cluster. So I'm watching these to see what happens.
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