Surpised in Bunny's veggies

[RosyRabbits]

So I was getting Bunny's veggies together the other day like I always do and got a surprise when I pulled out some curly parsley.

There was a caterpillar on the stem!

When I took it out I saw a spot of yellow and when I took a closer look I saw what it was. It wasn't alive though, it wasn't moving and it didn't look like it was halfway making a caccon. It looks like it was just on their when it died.

I decided to throw out the curly parsley and buy new parsley just to be careful. I guess this is what I get from buying from a different store and not checking it more closely before buying it.

I checked my insect book and it was a Black Swallowtail caterpillar, and their caterpillars eat parsley which explains why I found one on the parsley.

I'm definitely going to be checking the greens and fruits I buy more carefully. Weither I buy from our regular store or not.

 

[MiniLopHop]

It happens sometimes *shrugs* I would have tossed the piece with the caterpillar, but just wash the rest well.

 

[MyBabyHasPaws]

^Yea that!

 

[LakeCondo]

If it had been alive, I'd consider that a good thing: that the parsley hadn't been sprayed with insecticide. I don't know if a dead one necessarily means it was sprayed, but I'd sure do a super job of rinsing. I tend to buy the non-curly parsley, which is easier to clean & dry.

 

[Nancy McClelland]

Been there, done that, a couple of times.