Who doesn’t like butterflies? I can’t think of any rational person who doesn’t think they are pretty dang awesome.

In an attempt to attract more butterflies to our backyard, we planted a few butterfly attracting plants. There are both “host” plants, which are where eggs are laid and caterpillars feed and “nectar” plants – which adult butterflies feed from.  This picture is of a caterpillar going wacky on our Fennel (“host”) in the herb garden. I counted no less than eleven of those suckers on the plant this morning, so…unless the birds feast on them we are going to have some butterfly magic soon.

We could use some help identifying exactly what kind of butterfly these guys are going to morph into…any help is appreciated.