butterflyboy821
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| Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:08 pm Post subject: Tiger Swallowtail Host Plants |
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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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toni
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| Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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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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butterflyboy821
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| Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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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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toni
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| Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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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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