Parsleyworms

They've arrived and they're hard at work on the fennel. You can smell a parsleyworm before you can see it. We just remove them but we know that they make their way back to the closest fennel plant. I don't think they consume wild carrots. We love our fennel but we love those black swallowtail butterflies, too. At least one of these guys has already become a butterfly, seen feeding on the milkweed blooming everywhere in the yard in pots.