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It’s caterpillar season here, and the caterpillars are busily munching away on our milkweed plant. That’s good, since it’s the only reason we planted one. Soon—if they survive the evil wasps—they will hatch into glorious butterflies. And then, like the delightful but fickle creatures they are, they’ll probably fly away to somebody’s else’s yard.
