This is a truly beautiful caterpillar, shown here decimating some parsley. It will become a swallowtail butterfly soon...
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foziewisp \’fō-zee-wisp\ n 1 : a natural item (such as a leaf, shell, or pod) 2 : a person who collects foziewisps
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