caterpillars, parsley and poppies

On the lime trees in the road round the corner are long caterpillars who rest stretched out amongst the leaves like a brown stick. I have googled lime tree caterpillar and then found a couple of butterflies, then more googling to find a picture of the caterpillar, but no luck, so presumably my caterpillars don't just feed on lime trees.

I sowed some carrots in a trough with some parsley down the middle. The carrots germinated a little while a go, but parsley has just started showing too. Parsley is recognised as a slow germinator - it is supposed to go to the devil and back 7 times before it germinates.

There are poppies in full bloom on some roadsides and roundabouts.