[TN-Butterflies] Re: Emailing: E. Black Swallowtail Cat on Aegopodium
- From: Bart Jones <bjones7777@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <betjas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, <tn-butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:03:22 -0500
Hi Betty,
I'm not surprised that you have Black Swallowtail cats on your Aegopodium since
it is in the carrot family. I'm sure it is probably way down on its list of
prefered hosts, but acceptable in a pinch. It's funny, there are lots of
native carrot family member plants, but if fennel, parsley, or dill available,
they always seem to go for them, even though they aren't native. Maybe they're
like people and like the way they taste better!
Bart Jones
Memphis, Shelby County
From: betjas@xxxxxxxxxxxx
To: tn-butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [TN-Butterflies] Emailing: E. Black Swallowtail Cat on Aegopodium
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:28:27 -0500
Have you ever seen Eastern Black Swallowtail caterpillars eating Aegopodium?
Guess they are desperate as someone ate all the fennel and parsley. I was
pleasantly surprised to find about a dozen destroying my shade beauty.
Betty Stephens
Dyer County
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