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Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:08 pm   Post subject: Tiger Swallowtail Host Plants


Hey guys im from Chicago IL, does any one raise tiger swallowtail caterpillars and know what's the best trees to attract them to lay eggs in my area?

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Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 9:06 pm   Post subject:


The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail lays eggs on
* wild cherry
* tulip tree
* willow
* birch
* ash

The Western Tiger Swallowtail lays eggs on
* poplar
* willow
* hops
* aspens
* alders

You most likely have the Eastern Tiger but sometimes they do cross those borders, the closest the Western usually comes to your area is North Dakota.


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Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 11:35 pm   Post subject:


thankyou so much.yea i have eastern tiger swallowtails here. do you know by any chance if they also lay eggs on sweetbay magnolia?

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Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 11:49 pm   Post subject:


I did find a referrence to them laying eggs on the Sweetbay Magnolia. There is also a Sweetbay Silk Moth that lays eggs on the Sweetbay Magnolia but there doesn't seem to have been any reports of the moths as far north as you are.


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