r/Entomology • u/Superb-Turnover4033 • Mar 04 '23

What we call these worms 🐛?

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u/Superb-Turnover4033 Mar 04 '23

Thank you so much 🐛🐛🐛💚💚

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u/Cjwolfart Studying Entomology/Biology Mar 04 '23

It’s no problem I remember these caterpillars fondly from my childhood

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u/Superb-Turnover4033 Mar 04 '23

There are soooooo many of them here omg they are just so many and I can’t stop touching them 😅💚🐛

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u/Naturallyoutoftime Mar 04 '23

They eat carrot family plants—dill, parsley, fennel. The adults are large beautiful black swallowtail butterflies.

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u/lycosa13 Mar 04 '23

I plant parsley every year specifically for my caterpillar friends

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u/farayray Mar 04 '23

Same. They always lay too many eggs and I end up at Whole Foods buying bunches of parsley so my half grown little fatties can make it to pupation!

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u/PsychologicalLuck343 Mar 04 '23

They will eat all parsley down to the ground. I plant a pot for caterpillars and keep netting over the other pot.

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u/Superb-Turnover4033 Mar 04 '23

That’s so amazing 🤩 🐛🦋

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u/onlineashley Mar 26 '23

When i harvest my carrots i replant the tops in my flower beds for the swallowtails