The other day I spotted a mostly black butterfly in the garden. I was
surprised to find it very attracted to some of my parsley. After some
research I ID'd as a female Black Swallowtail. SHe was laying eggs,
which I can spot in between the curly leaves.

Now I have more parsley growing than I can use So i would have no
problem letting the ones on this plant grow--but am I inviting a
voracious catepillar into the garden by doing this? I'm sure they
would probably eat far more than that one bush of parsley.


DiGiTAL ViNYL (no email)
Zone 6b/7, Westchester Co, NY, 1 mile off L.I.Sound
1st Year Gardener

From: DigitalVinyl
Date: Mon, Jun 30, 2003 10:40 AM
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The other day I spotted a mostly black butterfly in the garden. I was
surprised to find it very attracted to some of my parsley. After some
research I ID'd as a female Black Swallowtail. SHe was laying eggs,
which I can spot in between the curly leaves.

Now I have more parsley growing than I can use So i would have no
problem letting the ones on this plant grow--but am I inviting a
voracious catepillar into the garden by doing this? I'm sure they
would probably eat far more than that one bush of parsley.


DiGiTAL ViNYL (no email)
Zone 6b/7, Westchester Co, NY, 1 mile off L.I.Sound
1st Year Gardener


The caterpillars will eat some parsley and you'll be blessed with these
gorgeous pollinators. Buy more parsley. (I grow dill for them and never lose
much.)

Best,
Tyra
nNJ usa z7

They prefer parsley and dill to other plants, and are unlikely to spread to
other plants. So you can relax and enjoy them.

Sue

Zone 6, Southcentral PA


"DigitalVinyl" wrote in message
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The other day I spotted a mostly black butterfly in the garden. I was
surprised to find it very attracted to some of my parsley. After some
research I ID'd as a female Black Swallowtail. SHe was laying eggs,
which I can spot in between the curly leaves.

Now I have more parsley growing than I can use So i would have no
problem letting the ones on this plant grow--but am I inviting a
voracious catepillar into the garden by doing this? I'm sure they
would probably eat far more than that one bush of parsley.


DiGiTAL ViNYL (no email)
Zone 6b/7, Westchester Co, NY, 1 mile off L.I.Sound
1st Year Gardener

On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 10:40:02 -0400, DigitalVinyl
wrote:

The other day I spotted a mostly black butterfly in the garden. I was
surprised to find it very attracted to some of my parsley. After some
research I ID'd as a female Black Swallowtail. SHe was laying eggs,
which I can spot in between the curly leaves.

Now I have more parsley growing than I can use So i would have no
problem letting the ones on this plant grow--but am I inviting a
voracious catepillar into the garden by doing this? I'm sure they
would probably eat far more than that one bush of parsley.

I always called the caterpillars "parsley worms", although they're
equally fond of dill. The 'pillars are nearly as decorative as the
butterflies. They don't seem to invade much else. And while they can
really chow down a lot of parsley/dill, they appear to cocoon rather
quickly after having a few good meals. Unlike squirrels, they don't
spoil a fruit and move on to the next.

its unanimous(sp?)...the eggs stay.
Kewl
DiGiTAL ViNYL (no email)
Zone 6b/7, Westchester Co, NY, 1 mile off L.I.Sound
1st Year Gardener

DigitalVinyl wrote in message . ..
The other day I spotted a mostly black butterfly in the garden. I was
surprised to find it very attracted to some of my parsley. After some
research I ID'd as a female Black Swallowtail. SHe was laying eggs,
which I can spot in between the curly leaves.

Now I have more parsley growing than I can use So i would have no
problem letting the ones on this plant grow--but am I inviting a
voracious catepillar into the garden by doing this? I'm sure they
would probably eat far more than that one bush of parsley.


DiGiTAL ViNYL (no email)
Zone 6b/7, Westchester Co, NY, 1 mile off L.I.Sound
1st Year Gardener

Welcome to your first real butterfly garden.
Unlike the folks who feed the adults and spray the larvae in the same
garden.
Plant more parsley, some carrot, some parsnip just for the
caterpillars in a seperate area and you can move the caterpillars to
them from your herb beds.
Tom

Butterflies only frequent certain host and larval plants and hardly
nothing else. Many plants host a particular type of butterfly.

Regarding your black swallowtail -
http://www.whatsthiscaterpillar.co.u...s/picture3.htm
and the main index page for the whole site is
http://www.whatsthiscaterpillar.co.uk/


DigitalVinyl wrote:
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The other day I spotted a mostly black butterfly in the garden. I was
surprised to find it very attracted to some of my parsley. After some
research I ID'd as a female Black Swallowtail. SHe was laying eggs,
which I can spot in between the curly leaves.
=

Now I have more parsley growing than I can use So i would have no
problem letting the ones on this plant grow--but am I inviting a
voracious catepillar into the garden by doing this? I'm sure they
would probably eat far more than that one bush of parsley.
=

DiGiTAL ViNYL (no email)
Zone 6b/7, Westchester Co, NY, 1 mile off L.I.Sound
1st Year Gardener

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es

Let me second this advice with some anecdotal follow up. Most
Swallowtails I have noticed seem to prefer Umbilifers such as Parsley
or Fennel. I have a large stand of Bronze Fennel which I keep around
as much as a host plant for Swallowtails as I do for cooking, with
nary a problem with the other plants in the garden.

so enjoy the Swallowtails.

Dave

On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 19:39:33 -0500, J Kolenovsky
wrote:

Butterflies only frequent certain host and larval plants and hardly
nothing else. Many plants host a particular type of butterfly.

Regarding your black swallowtail -
http://www.whatsthiscaterpillar.co.u...s/picture3.htm
and the main index page for the whole site is
http://www.whatsthiscaterpillar.co.uk/


DigitalVinyl wrote:

The other day I spotted a mostly black butterfly in the garden. I was
surprised to find it very attracted to some of my parsley. After some
research I ID'd as a female Black Swallowtail. SHe was laying eggs,
which I can spot in between the curly leaves.

Now I have more parsley growing than I can use So i would have no
problem letting the ones on this plant grow--but am I inviting a
voracious catepillar into the garden by doing this? I'm sure they
would probably eat far more than that one bush of parsley.

DiGiTAL ViNYL (no email)
Zone 6b/7, Westchester Co, NY, 1 mile off L.I.Sound
1st Year Gardener

Dave Fouchey, WA4EMR
http://photos.yahoo.com/davefouchey
Southeastern Lower Michigan
42° 35' 20'' N,
82° 58' 37'' W
GMT Offset: -5
Time Zone: Eastern

Pesticide misuse and razing of vacant lots has diminished their
numbers. I'd gladly suffer the loss of a few plants.

J Kolenovsky wrote:

Butterflies only frequent certain host and larval plants and hardly
nothing else. Many plants host a particular type of butterfly.

Regarding your black swallowtail -
http://www.whatsthiscaterpillar.co.u...s/picture3.htm
and the main index page for the whole site is
http://www.whatsthiscaterpillar.co.uk/

DigitalVinyl wrote:

The other day I spotted a mostly black butterfly in the garden. I was
surprised to find it very attracted to some of my parsley. After some
research I ID'd as a female Black Swallowtail. SHe was laying eggs,
which I can spot in between the curly leaves.

Now I have more parsley growing than I can use So i would have no
problem letting the ones on this plant grow--but am I inviting a
voracious catepillar into the garden by doing this? I'm sure they
would probably eat far more than that one bush of parsley.

DiGiTAL ViNYL (no email)
Zone 6b/7, Westchester Co, NY, 1 mile off L.I.Sound
1st Year Gardener

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