Re: Black Swallowtail Caterpillars

I have found them on Rue and carrots as well.

On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 07:04:55AM -0700, Jesse Bell wrote:
> I do have parsely - right next to the fennel.  I hear they like dill as well.
>   
> 
> Bonnie Holmes <holmesbm@usit.net> wrote:
>   Wow...I think they also live on parsley if you can also get some of that
> going.
> 
> 
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Jesse Rene Bell 
> > To: 
> > Date: 7/24/2006 11:04:43 AM
> > 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.
> >
> >
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> >
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