“Bonnie … this is Howard Jacobson. You remember, you brought me that caterpillar not long ago. Parnassius mnemonsyne, the Clouded Apollo. You may be interested to know that the larvae were brought over in several large consignments of Mexican kale. Because of the unusual weather conditions, especially El Niño, they hatched out and prospered, and we’ve had reports of them as far afield as Santa Barbara and Bakersfield. They don’t really have any relevance to our specialty, I’m afraid … determining the time of death … but you can’t win them all, can you? Don’t be a stranger, love, Howard.”