Comments on: Black Swallowtails - first caterpillars this year http://www.butterflygardeningandconservation.com/wpblog/butterflies/2008/05/12/85/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:12:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: jean sudnik http://www.butterflygardeningandconservation.com/wpblog/butterflies/2008/05/12/85/#comment-346 jean sudnik Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:02:45 +0000 http://www.butterflygardeningandconservation.com/wpblog/?p=85#comment-346 hello, i found your site today and have enjoyed it, yesterday i found two black swallowtail caterpillars, one in first instar and the other one is about an inch long. i have never been able to find any so i am trying to get as much info. as i can. both have not not moved since i got them, found them on queen anne lace, i assume they are molting, any info. you would have about raising them would be greatly appreciated. i have raised monarchs for a few years so i have some experience raising caterpillars. will these become butterflies this summer or overwinter them, and when i would overwinter, in what way and where. thanks jean hello, i found your site today and have enjoyed it, yesterday i found two black swallowtail caterpillars, one in first instar and the other one is about an inch long. i have never been able to find any so i am trying to get as much info. as i can. both have not not moved since i got them, found them on queen anne lace, i assume they are molting, any info. you would have about raising them would be greatly appreciated. i have raised monarchs for a few years so i have some experience raising caterpillars. will these become butterflies this summer or overwinter them, and when i would overwinter, in what way and where. thanks jean

]]> By: Sally Burke http://www.butterflygardeningandconservation.com/wpblog/butterflies/2008/05/12/85/#comment-342 Sally Burke Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:55:07 +0000 http://www.butterflygardeningandconservation.com/wpblog/?p=85#comment-342 I've read your page about the habits of Black Swallowtail caterpillars...thanks for all of the great information. The four that I had on my dill plant yesterday morning all disappeared. I was afraid that birds may have gotten them, but you say that they can wander away for some distance to find a place to pupate. Can you give me a rough idea of how far that could be? My dill was in a pot, so they would have trekked down the side of the pot and over a stretch of concrete. I haven't found them or the cocoons within 2-3 feet yet. Thanks! I’ve read your page about the habits of Black Swallowtail caterpillars…thanks for all of the great information. The four that I had on my dill plant yesterday morning all disappeared. I was afraid that birds may have gotten them, but you say that they can wander away for some distance to find a place to pupate. Can you give me a rough idea of how far that could be? My dill was in a pot, so they would have trekked down the side of the pot and over a stretch of concrete. I haven’t found them or the cocoons within 2-3 feet yet.

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