A few days after my post about the Anise Swallowtail caterpillars we found devouring the parsley leaves, they all disappeared.
One of the caterpillars was huge; he was obviously just about ready to find a place to attach and form a chrysalis, but the other two were smaller. Since it looked like they prefer to attach to an upright twig or branch, we put a garden stake in the ground among the parsley, but it doesn't look like any have attached to it.
So the pack of boisterous Scrub Jays that were hanging around the suet feeder, or one of the brown California Towhees probably got all the caterpillars.
Too bad, we were looking forward to trying to watch them hatch.
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