I’m hoping for this https://www.google.com/search?q=wasp%20parasite%20on%20Orchard%20Swallowtail&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-m#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:81f10512,vid:rC4PssRlfx0,st:9

to happen some time in the next couple of hours. We’ve got 34 degrees Celsius forecast today. There are only three leaves remaining. Only three caterpillars.

Yesterday the predators were starting to gather …

A tiny parasitic wasp … probably intending to lay its eggs in a caterpillar or two

This evil looking fly …

Also sitting and waiting …

Then there is the evidence of an Asian gecko in the scene … a loud call and its droppings … I suspect that it took number four.