Amazing documentary. I have a black swallowtail caterpillar feeding of my parsley as I speak. Your documentary is helping me to understand what's happening to BB...my caterpillar. ❤ thanks
Also fascinated- last year raised 134 butterflies, monarchs and swallowtails. I raise them from eggs on my dill in the driveway cracks & a couple of milkweeds. - they are truly amazing, a great quarantine hobby, even had 2 overwinter and emerged after our Chicago winter. Such a beautiful gift from mother nature! 🙏
It is an amazing experience, I have Monarchs visiting my garden, munching on Milkweed and dills, I normally don't bother except just before the last freeze I had to rescue one and brought one in and watched it turn into a cocoon and soon into a butterfly. Of course right on time as the weather warmed up. As humans and our discourse of society, have been poisoning our environment and depleting the butterflies and bees. It is in part our responsibility to become aware of the importance to help our nature by seeding our environment and herbal gardens. Thanks for being a helping hand
Amazing! Watched this with my girls who are so excited about the dozen or so black swallowtail eggs we've found on our dill plants! This video was clearly a labor of love. Thank you!
@@floydwebtube We have now raised many, many rounds of black swallowtails. It's become a tradition we look forward to each summer. And each summer we enjoy your video!
Thank you. Surprisingly, I did not see one black swallowtail butterfly this summer, and I only saw one Monarch butterfly. I only saw about four honeybees this summer too. Things are changing.
@@floydwebtube their numbers are sadly decreasing , hopefully theyll go up again as more people become more passionate about nature. bees are essential for most fruit and veg so i hope those horrid companies come to their senses and stop causing so much pollution.
thank you for all the information. We just found a GORGEOUS Swallowtail Caterpillar in my parsley ... and let him feed for about a week... now transferred him into a canning jar to watch him. He was very happy with the sycamore twig we added for habitat... and has started spinning his anchor. Timing is everything. We were blessed to be able to watch him hatch... and show my friends on FB. He still appears to look like a caterpillar tonight... cant wait to see what tomorrow brings.
This was truly outstanding. Thank you so much for such a pleasurable experience. Butterflies are an amazing expression of God's infinite creativity and far too few of us get to see this fabulous handiwork so closely and in such wonderful detail. Thank you again for your work.
Thank you so much for this video. I've had a Black Swallowtail Butterfly in my house for 5 days. We found him when we cut our parsley. This video has already shown what I have seen and experienced. I think he is now ready to form a chrysalis. I'm glad I have an idea of what to expect. This video is PERFECT!!! Thanks again.
A few corrections: Eggs hatch; Chrysalids eclose. Moths make silk cocoons to enclose the pupa. Butterflies form a chrysalis, which is the pupa. Your first instar caterpillar shown is actually the second, the second is actually the third. 12:48. This chrysalis is upside down.
That's very beautiful Floyd. Just a wonderful imagery of when a person becomes born again of Gods spirit. God is truly amazing isn't He? From the smallest of creatures to the vastness of space, He makes Himself known to us. You really have a gift of filming and narrating. thank you.
Excellent video! I have a family of these guys living and eating off a Rue plant in my garden and I’m just fascinated by them. I’ve loved seeing all the cocoons around my garden and learning more while watching these incredible little creatures!
Thank you so much for sharing this, Floyd. I raised a few Monarchs this year, and just found 4 black swallowtail cats on the parsley I planted for them. These guys like it better than the dill and fennel at my house. Your video was helpful. Now I know what to do!
Thank you so much for posting this video!!! I have been raising Monarchs and plan to raise Black Swallowtails as well. I found one late this summer and have the chrysalis in my garage waiting for spring. Such an excellent video!!!
Nice video the patience needed to follow the life cycle of the animals can be tiring but you managed it pal and made a good informative video in the process is insperatioal, look forward to seeing other works of yours.
Thank you SO MUCH for making this video, Floyd! i love it! I am raising my first pipevine caterpillar. A spider ate NINE of my other caterpillars! So sad. I have this one in a box and have learned so much from your video about feeding, etc. I found them on my Dutchman's Pipe plant. Thank you!
Donald Robbins What will happen next, is they will eat all your dill. LOL Enjoy, it is a privilege to witness such a miracle of nature. Thanks for viewing. Hope you subscribe.
Hey Floyd I dig you the most. Don't worry about all that esoteric jargon. Your descriptions were easy to understand and very insightful. Why not expand your garden with a bit or rue for the giant swallowtail butterfly, a pipe-vine for the pipe-vine swallowtail butterfly and some spicebush for the spice bush swallowtail butterfly. Heck why not go all out and grow milkweeds for the monarchs. Good luck with your garden, your videos and most of all your butterflies.
I tried growing milkweed this summer, and half a dozen green plants grew about 3 feet tall but never flowered. Next year I’ll be living in a more rural environment and have beer gardens. Thanks for the reply! Cheers!
Daniela Martins Thank you! For both the kind words and for raising butterflies! I didn’t see one monarch this year, and I only saw one or two black swallowtails. Didn’t see many honeybees this year either. It’s crazy world. All the best! Cheers!
I love this video. Just like thou i discovered one on my dill and now i have 13 I'm raising. Mine are their 1st and 2nd instars. I'm really excited to watch mine grow into butterflies. Thanks for this video.
Thank you doesn’t seem to be fitting enough for all the work you and patience that took to put this video together. I specially appreciate the part when she’s weaving her silk harness. No other videos have shown that and I was specially curious about how she slipped into it. Again I greatly appreciate your video. This is my first year growing plants to attract swallowtails and it’s amazing how fast they’re able to locate them. I already have one pupae and maybe two more eggs. Thank you so much.
I would love to know how long it takes once they've gone into the chrysalis stage for the butterfly to emerge. I've got one Chrysalis and three caterpillars they are munching away on my Queen Anne's Lace. Was very happy to find this video thank you so much it's beautiful!
I have hatched out about 15-20 Black swallow tailed butterflies this summer. I planted parsley with the knowledge that is was a host plant for them. I have sure loved having them in my flower beds this summer.
Thank you for this excellent video. I just found seven little black Caterpillars (first stage) on my parsley plants. I left them there for the night. Not sure if I should put them in a jar or just let them be.
This is amazing! We’ve raised monarch butterflies from the milkweed in our yard. The kids found 23 eggs today so we have our work cut out but I didn’t know swallowtails laid eggs on dill! I have dill in my garden, I’m excited to check it out! Can I ask how long each stage is? And how much dill do they eat? My kids will be excited to go look for more eggs!
Hello from Port Douglas Australia! Loved this video - thank you it has been very helpful. We have many swallowtails in far north Queensland and in our garden the Ulysses butterfly (electric blue) which is endangered. We planted Melirope/Evodiella trees, which are the host tree, last year and over the last few weeks Ulysses have been laying eggs. Many didn't survive due to predators but we brought some of the caterpillers inside and now have 5 chrysallis. Question for you, have you had any butterflies that hatched but couldn't unfold their wings ie: all crumpled? If so do you know why this happens? It is so hard to find information so thank you again and we expect our little brood to hatch over the coming days.
Alison Davis Alison Davis thank you for the reply from down under! I had the privilege and pleasure of circumnavigating Australia back in 1985, and visiting many cities. I’d love to go back. No, I’ve never had one hatch out and not fly away. I have no idea what could cause that. Hopefully it doesn’t happen anymore. All the best to you. Cheers!
The eternally crumpled/ wet looking wings are caused from a parasite named Ophryocystis elektroscirrha (OE). If you run into this, make sure to sanitize your cage, plants and etc before raising another generation.
Pretty Amazing!!! Thanks for doing this! Wish I had seen it earlier. I've had 4 in my 3 season porch since late September. Two hatched in May and one hatched today. The last one will probably come out in the next couple days. It's been a wonderful experience! BTW Their chrysalis looks like a mummified cat from a certain angle. Very strange!
Great video. In case anyone is thinking of buying grocery store dill to feed them.... BUY ORGANIC. The pesticides on non-organic dill will kill them quickly.
I plant purposefully dill every year and every year l get the caterpillars. They don’t smell bad in my opinion, leather like the smell. Now that they have stripped the dill, l will move them to the Queen Anne’s lace and will carrot that l also grow for them. We also have a very large bee and butterfly garden, a butterfly puddle,band bird feeders. Love my gardens and their visitors.🐝🦋🐌🕷🐇🦝🐿🐰🐸🦉🐞🦗🦎 it is always entertaining and fascinating!
That was. A great video. I wish that you would not have called the chrysalis a caving at one point. I wish that you would hAve explained that often the caterpillar would eat it’s own shed skin for protein. Dan you should Thad shower the difference between a male and female butterfly.
CynthiaAnn Blaha you’ll get a better answer if you Google that. I don’t know exactly. I know that if the cocoons are made late in the season, they can overwinter. Good luck!
It would be helpful to know the temperature, time of the year, state or zone. I have 4 in the fridge, and wondering at what temperature the will hatch. Thank you
Well I made a bad mistake. I'm totally new to this whole subject. Found some caterpillars on a parsley plant and it was almost gone so i went to the grocery store since i couldn't find parsley and thought i would feed them. Well they didn't like it and might have eaten it overnight since there was notthing else. I think it has pesticides on it and killed them, except 1. So 4 out of 5 died (they were really small) and hopefully i can save the big one. He is moving around but now just chilling out. There is a tiny bit left from the plant so i put him. in a jar until i can hopefully get some dill or fennel or parsley somewhere. Next year i won't be so ignorant. I"ll also have my sister plant a bunch of parsley since she has a lot of flowers that swallowtails love. We just never put the pieces together. You need to plant plants so they can lay their eggs on them!!!! Makes total sense. I assumed you just needed flowers. I feel bad 4 of them died overnight but all i had was 1 small parsley plant by the window.
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I have never seen a video this good about these specific caterpillars. What a treat! I must save it. TY.
Amazing documentary. I have a black swallowtail caterpillar feeding of my parsley as I speak. Your documentary is helping me to understand what's happening to BB...my caterpillar.
❤ thanks
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it and benefited from my video. Thank you for take care of wildlife and mother nature! Cheers!
Also fascinated- last year raised 134 butterflies, monarchs and swallowtails. I raise them from eggs on my dill in the driveway cracks & a couple of milkweeds. - they are truly amazing, a great quarantine hobby, even had 2 overwinter and emerged after our Chicago winter. Such a beautiful gift from mother nature! 🙏
Fantastic video! I found 4 on my fennel and lots of eggs. I can’t wait to see some butterflies! Thank you for taking the time to make this.
I found a female laying eggs on some parsley plants, I decided to take 4 eggs and one of them hatched today!
It is an amazing experience, I have Monarchs visiting my garden, munching on Milkweed and dills, I normally don't bother except just before the last freeze I had to rescue one and brought one in and watched it turn into a cocoon and soon into a butterfly.
Of course right on time as the weather warmed up.
As humans and our discourse of society, have been poisoning our environment and depleting the butterflies and bees. It is in part our responsibility to become aware of the importance to help our nature by seeding our environment and herbal gardens.
Thanks for being a helping hand
You are welcome, and thank you for helping nature! Mother nature is the best! Cheers!
watching here friend
Thanks for watching! Cheers!
Thank you for posting this. I am raising six black swallowtail caterpillars right now. I haven't done it before so I'm devouring every video I can.
Amazing! Watched this with my girls who are so excited about the dozen or so black swallowtail eggs we've found on our dill plants! This video was clearly a labor of love. Thank you!
Thank you! I hope you and your girls enjoy your observations of nature. Cheers!
@@floydwebtube We have now raised many, many rounds of black swallowtails. It's become a tradition we look forward to each summer. And each summer we enjoy your video!
@@saribog that is fantastic! Thank you for sharing. Mother nature is the best! Cheers to you all!
this is so wholesome, you treat them with so much love!!! please keep doing this for the butterflies so that the population stays up!!!
Thank you. Surprisingly, I did not see one black swallowtail butterfly this summer, and I only saw one Monarch butterfly. I only saw about four honeybees this summer too. Things are changing.
@@floydwebtube their numbers are sadly decreasing , hopefully theyll go up again as more people become more passionate about nature. bees are essential for most fruit and veg so i hope those horrid companies come to their senses and stop causing so much pollution.
This is better than television! I have 2 swallowtail caterpillars that I'm watching and your video helps with the timeline--thank you!
thank you for all the information. We just found a GORGEOUS Swallowtail Caterpillar in my parsley ... and let him feed for about a week... now transferred him into a canning jar to watch him. He was very happy with the sycamore twig we added for habitat... and has started spinning his anchor. Timing is everything. We were blessed to be able to watch him hatch... and show my friends on FB. He still appears to look like a caterpillar tonight... cant wait to see what tomorrow brings.
This was truly outstanding. Thank you so much for such a pleasurable experience. Butterflies are an amazing expression of God's infinite creativity and far too few of us get to see this fabulous handiwork so closely and in such wonderful detail. Thank you again for your work.
Olivia Branch Thank you for the kind words. I’m glad you enjoyed it. Nature is truly wonderful.
Thank you so much for your patience and recording and sharing your finds on this great majestic creature ..
Kandy Cross Thank you!
Thank you so much for this video. I've had a Black Swallowtail Butterfly in my house for 5 days. We found him when we cut our parsley. This video has already shown what I have seen and experienced. I think he is now ready to form a chrysalis. I'm glad I have an idea of what to expect. This video is PERFECT!!! Thanks again.
Beautiful. Love seeing every step. Amazing video
Thank you for sharing your knowledge it is very important to recognise nature
Thanks for your pain- staking effort, and patience to film and post this. This is amazing!!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽😊❤
Thank you! Cheers!
Beautiful...thank you for sharing...Sandy (Dan Lee's wife)
I raised Black Swallowtails, and Monarchs! Awesome Video
I'm going to do Monarchs this summer... I have milkweed seeds.
floydwebtube Me Too!
A few corrections:
Eggs hatch; Chrysalids eclose.
Moths make silk cocoons to enclose the pupa. Butterflies form a chrysalis, which is the pupa.
Your first instar caterpillar shown is actually the second, the second is actually the third.
12:48. This chrysalis is upside down.
Absolutely amazing! I had no idea. So fast! Thank you for filming and sharing. I will never look at the caterpillars the same!
one of the best videos I have seen in a while...well done
The Jmacs Thank you for the kind words. Please share and subscribe! Cheers!
Truly beautiful, Floyd. Your patience is almost as amazing as God's creation! Thanks from Shenandoan Valley, Virginia.
Thank you for the kind words. :-)
HeatherJoy Johnson thank you for the kind words. Glad you enjoyed the video, and thanks for viewing. Hope you subscribe.
haha the caterpillar is very cheeky the way he scares enemies
Awesome video. Thank you so much!
Brilliant presentation, i like your enthusiasm and authentic wonder regarding these phat boys.
Great video
@@ninfilms Thank you! Please share and subscribe… I’m trying to build my channel. Cheers to you!
very nice; I started raising Black Swallowtails and I am totally hooked. Buy yourself a mesh enclosure...inexpensive and a safe environment for them.
Thank you. I didn’t see ANY butterflies this year.
That's very beautiful Floyd. Just a wonderful imagery of when a person becomes born again of Gods spirit. God is truly amazing isn't He? From the smallest of creatures to the vastness of space, He makes Himself known to us. You really have a gift of filming and narrating. thank you.
Thank you for the kind words. Peace to you.
Beautiful! A work of art.
AWESOME Video !! Thanks for sharing !
This explains so wonderfully what happened to my schedule the past 2 weeks. I am fascinated by the wonder of this miracle.
Valerie Allen I can relate. I was locked onto them for most of the summer. Thanks for viewing, and I hope you subscribe
Great job! Wonderful video, and very educational. Thank you for capturing God's spectacular creations on video, and for sharing.
I thoroughly enjoyed this video...Thank you so much for taking the time to make it. 😊🦋🦋🦋🦋
Simply beautiful magnificent is God's creatures. So beautiful and amazing it brought me to tears. The music is also perfect for such an amazing video
Beautiful! We watched this video while observing our little Black Swallow caterpiller munch away in our parsley garden. Thanks so much for sharing!
Y Groeneweg Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.
This is genuine. Bravo!
The best video yet. Very informative. Very well executed.. Thank you for putting it together.
Thank you so much for educating me!!
I grow dill every year for them, love this video 😃
Thanks for feeding them, and thanks for watching my video! I like to put as many plants around as I can to feed pollinators. Cheers!
@@floydwebtube they also love zinnias. ❤️
Excellent- THANK YOU
Excellent video! I have a family of these guys living and eating off a Rue plant in my garden and I’m just fascinated by them. I’ve loved seeing all the cocoons around my garden and learning more while watching these incredible little creatures!
Awesome!!!!
Thank you. Isn’t mother nature the best! Cheers!
This whole video was so wholesome, I love it. Also is anyone here because they have a caterpillar cause same, mine only just spun its silk hahaha
Leyla Erciyas Thank you for the kind words! Mother nature is the best!
floydwebtube I’m so excited to watch the process, mines a citrus caterpillar.
Excellent video!!! Thank you for making it!!!
Thank you for sharing! This was a great video! My son and I found a bunch of swallowtail caterpillars on our dill a few days ago 😊
Thank you for recording and sharing the whole process!! I just planted some dill and hope to experience this myself!
Saph's Container Garden Thank you for watching! Good luck with your swallowtails!
Love this, thank you for sharing, I send to my g son and nephew's 😊
Thank you so much for sharing this, Floyd. I raised a few Monarchs this year, and just found 4 black swallowtail cats on the parsley I planted for them. These guys like it better than the dill and fennel at my house. Your video was helpful. Now I know what to do!
Fascinating! Just found some on my own parsley and dill today and found your video! Thank you!!
Thank you so much for posting this video!!! I have been raising Monarchs and plan to raise Black Swallowtails as well. I found one late this summer and have the chrysalis in my garage waiting for spring. Such an excellent video!!!
Thank you, and enjoy! :-)
Dill plant is Caterpillar Poop! Beautiful butterflies !
Fantastic video, explanation, and music too.. Thanks for doing this!
Nice video the patience needed to follow the life cycle of the animals can be tiring but you managed it pal and made a good informative video in the process is insperatioal, look forward to seeing other works of yours.
You got some great shots! Nice job!
Beautiful video and very educational! Thank you for sharing. 🦋
Thank you SO MUCH for making this video, Floyd! i love it! I am raising my first pipevine caterpillar. A spider ate NINE of my other caterpillars! So sad. I have this one in a box and have learned so much from your video about feeding, etc. I found them on my Dutchman's Pipe plant. Thank you!
Hi floydwebtube! This video is a great documentary of life cycle of butterly! Great narration as well. I subbed to your channel! 😉
Waterland Films Thank you for the kind words and the sub! Glad you enjoyed the video. Please share! Cheers!
@@floydwebtube my pleasure bro!
Thanks for sharing your Butterfly Experience Amazing 😊
Thank you! :-)
Sinead H i’m glad you enjoyed it. Mother nature is the best. Thanks for viewing, and I hope you subscribe.
Beautiful. Thank you.
You are welcome. Thank you!
I had a swallowtail lay 20 eggs on my dill. I'm looking forward to see what happens next. Just the perfect video I was looking for. Thanks.
Donald Robbins What will happen next, is they will eat all your dill. LOL Enjoy, it is a privilege to witness such a miracle of nature. Thanks for viewing. Hope you subscribe.
Thank You Simply, Incredible love, your explaining whats going on
Wow SUCH A GREAT VIDEO and Study... Great narration Thank you!!!!
Great job. Thanks for the lesson. We are just starting to raise monarch butterflies
Outstanding video & narration! Will be sharing this with my 7 year old Granddaughter!
Hey Floyd I dig you the most. Don't worry about all that esoteric jargon. Your descriptions were easy to understand and very insightful. Why not expand your garden with a bit or rue for the giant swallowtail butterfly, a pipe-vine for the pipe-vine swallowtail butterfly and some spicebush for the spice bush swallowtail butterfly. Heck why not go all out and grow milkweeds for the monarchs. Good luck with your garden, your videos and most of all your butterflies.
I tried growing milkweed this summer, and half a dozen green plants grew about 3 feet tall but never flowered. Next year I’ll be living in a more rural environment and have beer gardens. Thanks for the reply! Cheers!
You did a great job video taping them. I enjoyed watching., I subscribed .
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! :-)
Wow, this is incredible! Good on you! I'm currently raising Old Word swallowtails indoors too to help their population.
Daniela Martins Thank you! For both the kind words and for raising butterflies! I didn’t see one monarch this year, and I only saw one or two black swallowtails. Didn’t see many honeybees this year either. It’s crazy world. All the best! Cheers!
im new to the swallowtail and i cant wait to hatch some out....! hatched hundreds of monarchs...
I have Monarchs going through their cycle now. Can't wait to watch all this....
Loved your video. You're curiosity is truly contagious! I bet you find yourself down the rabbit hole a lot..?
jbugg LOL. Yes I can go pretty deep down the rabbit hole… like this far. Thank you, and enjoy! ruclips.net/video/Ip_ipU4L7pc/видео.html
@@floydwebtube lol you're punny! A man after my own heart.
I love this video. Just like thou i discovered one on my dill and now i have 13 I'm raising. Mine are their 1st and 2nd instars. I'm really excited to watch mine grow into butterflies. Thanks for this video.
Best butterfly video ever! Went to your webpage. Please do more things like this! Thanks
New subscriber here😎
Thank you, and welcome! Cheers!
Great video & great herb garden! I dream on somewhat like this)
Awesome video mate
Thanks, mate! Cheers!
Thank you doesn’t seem to be fitting enough for all the work you and patience that took to put this video together. I specially appreciate the part when she’s weaving her silk harness. No other videos have shown that and I was specially curious about how she slipped into it. Again I greatly appreciate your video. This is my first year growing plants to attract swallowtails and it’s amazing how fast they’re able to locate them. I already have one pupae and maybe two more eggs. Thank you so much.
Thank you for your kind words. I’m glad you appreciated the video. I hope you’re subscribed! Cheers!
Thank you for your kind words. I’m glad you appreciated the video. I hope you’re subscribed! Cheers!
I would love to know how long it takes once they've gone into the chrysalis stage for the butterfly to emerge. I've got one Chrysalis and three caterpillars they are munching away on my Queen Anne's Lace. Was very happy to find this video thank you so much it's beautiful!
I have hatched out about 15-20 Black swallow tailed butterflies this summer. I planted parsley with the knowledge that is was a host plant for them. I have sure loved having them in my flower beds this summer.
Thanks for this vid! Had one of these butterflies fly into my house in VT last week!
Thank you very much! Please subscribe if you haven't already. :-)
Moon Rise Cottage Soul Tarot glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for viewing. Hope you subscribe.
Thank you for this excellent video. I just found seven little black Caterpillars (first stage) on my parsley plants. I left them there for the night. Not sure if I should put them in a jar or just let them be.
You should try to take one in and raise it:) I had one and its in it's chrysalis now
This is my second year to raise Black Swallowtail. what is the typical period of time between chrysalis and butterfly? Thanks for your great video!
Amazing video
Thank you. :-)
86_martha r Thank you. Amazing creatures.
Really enjoyed watching this. I am raising Monarchs in New Zealand, Cheers!
Thank you. I hope to visit your beautiful country someday. :-)
Amazing!!!1
This is amazing! We’ve raised monarch butterflies from the milkweed in our yard. The kids found 23 eggs today so we have our work cut out but I didn’t know swallowtails laid eggs on dill! I have dill in my garden, I’m excited to check it out! Can I ask how long each stage is? And how much dill do they eat? My kids will be excited to go look for more eggs!
Hello from Port Douglas Australia! Loved this video - thank you it has been very helpful. We have many swallowtails in far north Queensland and in our garden the Ulysses butterfly (electric blue) which is endangered. We planted Melirope/Evodiella trees, which are the host tree, last year and over the last few weeks Ulysses have been laying eggs. Many didn't survive due to predators but we brought some of the caterpillers inside and now have 5 chrysallis. Question for you, have you had any butterflies that hatched but couldn't unfold their wings ie: all crumpled? If so do you know why this happens? It is so hard to find information so thank you again and we expect our little brood to hatch over the coming days.
Alison Davis Alison Davis thank you for the reply from down under! I had the privilege and pleasure of circumnavigating Australia back in 1985, and visiting many cities. I’d love to go back. No, I’ve never had one hatch out and not fly away. I have no idea what could cause that. Hopefully it doesn’t happen anymore. All the best to you. Cheers!
The eternally crumpled/ wet looking wings are caused from a parasite named Ophryocystis elektroscirrha (OE). If you run into this, make sure to sanitize your cage, plants and etc before raising another generation.
Pretty Amazing!!! Thanks for doing this! Wish I had seen it earlier. I've had 4 in my 3 season porch since late September. Two hatched in May and one hatched today. The last one will probably come out in the next couple days. It's been a wonderful experience! BTW Their chrysalis looks like a mummified cat from a certain angle. Very strange!
Great video. In case anyone is thinking of buying grocery store dill to feed them.... BUY ORGANIC. The pesticides on non-organic dill will kill them quickly.
I plant purposefully dill every year and every year l get the caterpillars. They don’t smell bad in my opinion, leather like the smell. Now that they have stripped the dill, l will move them to the Queen Anne’s lace and will carrot that l also grow for them. We also have a very large bee and butterfly garden, a butterfly puddle,band bird feeders. Love my gardens and their visitors.🐝🦋🐌🕷🐇🦝🐿🐰🐸🦉🐞🦗🦎 it is always entertaining and fascinating!
Wonderful! I did this last year w this species on parsley. What were the words u used for the caterpillars retractable antennae? And word for poop?
That was. A great video. I wish that you would not have called the chrysalis a caving at one point. I wish that you would hAve explained that often the caterpillar would eat it’s own shed skin for protein. Dan you should Thad shower the difference between a male and female butterfly.
I try to do the best I can do. Thank you for your comment. Cheers!
BTW, what's the name of the last piece of BenSound music your using here?
There are about 13 of those on my garden
How long does it take for them to emerge from the chrysalis? I have some in a large pickle jar also and my granddaughter want to see it come out.
CynthiaAnn Blaha you’ll get a better answer if you Google that. I don’t know exactly. I know that if the cocoons are made late in the season, they can overwinter. Good luck!
Hall is the only one one in the the hall hall lol lol I got a little reds
Thank you very mach
You are quite welcome! Thanks for watching.
Great video but how long were they in the Chrysalis?
It would be helpful to know the temperature, time of the year, state or zone. I have 4 in the fridge, and wondering at what temperature the will hatch. Thank you
In the fridge? Why? They need some heat!
Well I made a bad mistake. I'm totally new to this whole subject. Found some caterpillars on a parsley plant and it was almost gone so i went to the grocery store since i couldn't find parsley and thought i would feed them. Well they didn't like it and might have eaten it overnight since there was notthing else. I think it has pesticides on it and killed them, except 1. So 4 out of 5 died (they were really small) and hopefully i can save the big one. He is moving around but now just chilling out. There is a tiny bit left from the plant so i put him. in a jar until i can hopefully get some dill or fennel or parsley somewhere.
Next year i won't be so ignorant. I"ll also have my sister plant a bunch of parsley since she has a lot of flowers that swallowtails love. We just never put the pieces together. You need to plant plants so they can lay their eggs on them!!!! Makes total sense. I assumed you just needed flowers. I feel bad 4 of them died overnight but all i had was 1 small parsley plant by the window.