breakfast at strawberry field

A few details to back the visuals with a story. This plant is not precisely a strawberry, but something different; our good neighbor shared its seeds with us, referring to it as a "Chinese strawberry" — so that's how we remembered it, though the scientific name is surely different. Thru all summer, we watered, weeded, and tended it, waiting for the fruits. The plant produced two huge green berries, that by mid-August had turned red and became edible. The taste was nothing special... something trivia.

But the post is not about planting these berries. ☘️ One morning, I discovered a visitor — this cute little wandering caterpillar. I'm insatiably curious to know how they land in precisely the most appetizing, delicious, and fruitful spots. Why didn't I find this caterpillar eating breakfast, for example, on the neighboring dandelion plant? This mystery remains unanswered...

Uncropped version of the frame below.

I did not feed rare plant to the caterpillar (sorry!) but moved it onto grape leaves. Grapes are also a very tasty food!