RE: Black Swallowtail Caterpillars

Jesse!  What a blessings!  That is marvelous!  

I was tickled that I had a monarch playing in my yard this morning while I
was working, but I think 58 caterpillar's tops my monarch for certain!!!
LOL!!!

I'm glad you dragged the family out to see, too.  It does work.  Last week
Bill was out working on the lawn and came in to drag ME out saying "There's
a butterfly ballet going on in the yard you've just got to see."   He was
right.  Does anyone know of a black and orange butterfly (no white dots)
other than a monarch?  That's what was dancing over my border.  They weren't
Tiger swallowtails (no stripes.)  By the time I got my camera, they had
danced out of sight.

Blessings,
Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5) 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Jesse Rene Bell
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 11:04 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: [CHAT] Black Swallowtail Caterpillars

Black Swallowtail Caterpillars
O.K. ya'll, this is the THIRD year I have tried to grow my bronze fennel big
enough to host the black swallowtail caterpillars. Last year the goofy
peacocks ate my plants, the year before that we had too much rain and they
rotted. BUT LOOK!!!! last night I went out and counted them -
58 caterpillars were on my plants!!! I went NUTS. I had to drag the whole
family outside to look at them. The last words out of my mouth before I
drifted off to sleep were, "58 of them, I counted...." My husband laughed
because I was so excited.

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/silverhawk@flash.net/album?.dir=/7512re2&.src=
ph&.tok=ph9h4OFBrNmx9WCo

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