Sometimes nature does frightening things.

[littlewolfteeth]

I haven't been landscaping lately unless it's a very nice and dry day. I tried to just let my body sweat through it but nah, that's not happening. I'm sensitive to the heat and I just don't tolerate humidity very well at all.

Anyways! Look at that bug!!!!!!! I did not know this was a bug until it moved. I'm used to weird and horrifying insects in this state. I did not know caterpillars could purposely look like bird droppings! I just now checked on my orange tree and I haven't done that in a while because, well, it's been storming so I just kept pushing that off. Big mistake on my part. Apparently all those little orange balls I found stuck to my leaves late at night (I went checking because I noticed a few nibbles here and there and I wanted to catch the intruder - Google told me slugs come out at night) were the eggs of a swallowtail butterfly. I did not crush them all either. It was dark, I saw a couple and thought, "Huh. Must be some type of egg. I'll find the rest later." *squish* and then went back inside.

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