hiss! | August 12, 2005. Mama, she stuck her tongue out at me!
Well, strictly speaking, it's not a tongue but osmeteria, the defensive organ that this caterpillar of the black swallowtail is deploying in hopes of living long enough to become as pretty as its mommy. That's fine by me, so I left her alone, sitting on a stalk of dill in our vegetable garden. |