Three years ago, I’ve noticed that I had some caterpillars on my dill and parsley. After doing some online research, I found out that these little caterpillars are the babies of a black swallowtail butterfly. From that day on I made sure, I always had some dill and parsley growing in my garden and in the greenhouse.
This is the fourth year, I’m working on raising these little caterpillars into butterflies. Two days ago, I’ve noticed them on my dill. Since I experienced losing the caterpillars to birds for feeding their offspring, I transferred the black swallowtail caterpillars into the greenhouse, where is plenty of dill and parsley for them to munch on for the next days. Once they turn into a beautiful butterfly, the girls and I will give them names, blessings and release them.
Black Swallowtail Caterpillar (2017)
This caterpillar will become a beautiful butterfly by the end of May/early June.
Stay tuned for more information. We’ve got about eight caterpillars in the greenhouse.
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My name is Tanja. I live in a small North Texas city within the Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) Metroplex. I have a little house with a suburban yard, a hard working husband, who likes to have a nice cooked meal after work, three kids (24, 15, and 9 years old), two dogs, two cats, and some critters in the backyard.
In 2004, I immigrated with my husband and my middle child from Germany to the United States of America. My husband was stationed as an Army Soldier in Germany from 2000 until 2004. His tour in Europe brought him also to Africa and the Middle East. We met, while I worked in a big retail store for the US Armed Forces in Germany. The rest is history.
I love traveling, and visited 34 US states and Ontario, Canada so far. No worries, I still will see the other 16 states and more Canadian Territories. It’s on my bucket list. Speaking of “Bucket List”: One of my biggest dreams is to travel to Australia and New Zealand. But after all my favorite spot is sitting on a chair in my yard under a shaded tree drinking a cup of tea, while watching my kids and my pets playing together. And I like to watch the Sun setting; the Moon, the planets and the stars rising in the night sky.
So here is my blog page and I invite you virtually to my little corner of planet Earth.
(December 2018)
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