Re: Black Swallowtail Caterpillars

Good question. I've concluded that the starts in the box stores are usually sweet anise or fennel. Sweet anise, incidentally, is also a terrific host for the black swallowtail, but it's not dill.


On Jul 25, 2006, at 6:12 PM, Donna wrote:

who is growing dill? The old fashion normal not fancy kind? I am looking for some seeds/starts!

Donna

----- Original Message ----
From: Jesse Bell <silverhawk@flash.net>
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 9:04:55 AM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] Black Swallowtail Caterpillars


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.


http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/silverhawk@flash.net/album?.dir=/ 7512re2&.src=
ph&.tok=ph9h4OFBrNmx9WCo
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT



Island Jim
Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index