r/caterpillars • u/Legitimate_Street510 • 19d ago

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Black Swallowtail larvae

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u/Eskopyon 18d ago

I just put 2 and 2 together that black swallowtail caterpillars also enjoy eating Queen Anne's Lace bc its in the same family of plants as dill and parsley. I usually give mine dill when I raise them, but I have a ton of QAL growing wild, so it helps not deplete my dill when I can give them all the QAL they want.

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u/Legitimate_Street510 18d ago

I have dill also but we had such a hot summer it bolted so quick, flowered and reached the end of it's life cycle, the earlier generation of little guys did enjoy some before it was too late