Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

I am pretty sure these ‘journalists’ were not always such a bootlicking sycophants.

GOP baffled that ‘we don’t care if you die’ is not a winning slogan.

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

So very ready.

That meeting sounds like a shotgun wedding between a shitshow and a clusterfuck.

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

Trumpflation is an intolerable hardship for every American, and it’s Trump’s fault.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

Too little, too late, ftfnyt. fuck all the way off.

75% of people clapping liked the show!

Bad people in a position to do bad things will do bad things because they are bad people. End of story.

Let the trolls come, and then ignore them. that’s the worst thing you can do to a troll.

Of course you can have champagne before noon. That’s why orange juice was invented.

The revolution will be supervised.

My right to basic bodily autonomy is not on the table. that’s the new deal.

Shut up, hissy kitty!

He really is that stupid.

You passed on an opportunity to be offended? What are you even doing here?

People really shouldn’t expect the government to help after they watched the GOP drown it in a bathtub.

Not rolling over. fuck you, make me.

Rupert, come get your orange boy, you petrified old dinosaur turd.

“Perhaps I should have considered other options.” (head-desk)

Following reporting rules is only for the little people, apparently.

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

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We get a ton of butterflies in the yard. The four types I see most often are monarchs, giant swallowtails, Gulf fritillaries and zebra longwings. The latter is pictured below:

We have a played-out parsley plant that is serving as a butterfly nursery. I’m not sure what sort of caterpillar this is:

Looks like a monarch caterpillar except for the orange dots. Can anyone identify it?

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    Yarrow

    @Yarrow: For some reason I’m not allowed to edit, but Rob is right, yes Black swallowtail.

    The photos are gorgeous. Thanks for sharing them. I love butterflies.

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    smintheus

    We grow a lot of fennel both for the tasty vegetable and to attract swallowtails.

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    tobie

    Beautiful pix! I always thought there was something about my soil that made parsley prime bait for caterpillars. From your pix I’m gathering that parsley is their favorite leaf in the salad bar.

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    Bill Arnold

    @smintheus:

    We grow a lot of fennel both for the tasty vegetable and to attract swallowtails.

    They also like dill. (Which FYI reseeds itself if you let it go to seed, so there are always as many plants as one wants.)

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    stinger

    I’ve made a note to plant dill, fennel, and parsley next year — thanks, everybody!

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    GregMulka

    We had a Black Swallowtail in our parsley 2 summers past. The kids were ecstatic. That one looks like it’s getting close to building a chrysalis. They like forks in branches in which to build.

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    Rob

    I meant to say in my original post: Both the pictures are nice, especially the larva.

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    Major Major Major Major

    Gorgeous! Thanks.

    One of my favorite things as a kid was when the monarchs would come through Colorado each year. IIRC we grew a couple from larvae in grade school too. (I almost typed grad school, and now that I think about it, why *shouldn’t* an adult grow butterflies?)

    ETA: not monarchs, but last year there were so many migratory butterflies in Colorado it was visible on radar: bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41528521

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    MelissaM

    You are fortunate to have the butterflies! In the past, swallowtails have made meals from my dlil and parsley, but not for the past two years. My library has a small pollinator patch and there were at least 4 monarch caterpillars there one day on the milkweed, and two days later, they were all gone, eaten I presume. I was sorely disappointed, but stats say fewer than 5% of caterpillars make it through to the next stage.

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    JPL

    Yesterday a bee attacked an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, and I tried to save it. I managed to remove the bee, but it was the butterfly didn’t make it. It’s the first time that I witnessed a bee attack, but I guess it’s not uncommon.
    Thanks Betty for the lovely pictures.

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    TaMara (HFG)

    Lovely pictures.

    I had my first hummingbird visit my office window box yesterday. It’s a short season here – they migrate from mountains to New Mexico – so I’m always excited to see one. Great mood lifter.

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    Mary G

    Thank you for the proof that life goes on. The pictures are gorgeous. I’ve seen a lot more monarchs here than the last couple of years, which is nice. A lot of my succulents are blooming and they are popular both with butterflies and bees.

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    WaterGirl

    Wow! Just stunning. I had a guy like that in my parsley all last summer. Gorgeous.

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    Achrachno

    @JPL: Are you sure it was a bee? That does not seem like bee behavior. How about a bee-mimic robber fly?

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