I found this little guy on my parsley plant and quickly looked him up because I remembered reading about one caterpillar that only feeds on parsley, sometimes called the parsley caterpillar it is the black swallowtail ! I dug up the whole plant and made a terrerium (sp.) for it and we are waiting for him (her?) to form a chrysalis.





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HAPPY BIRTHDAY CINDY!!!!!!!

I'll wait for the butterfly lol. eeeeeew creepy crawlies lol.

Oh, that is so weird that a freaky thing like that turns into a butterfly!

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Buckle up! It makes it harder for the aliens to suck you out of your car!

I will. First I'll take pics when it forms a chrysalis. Then I've got to put it in my garage for the winter until the weather starts to warm up again , it won't "hatch" until April or May!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY CINDY!!!!!!!

Dumb question here......

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Then I've got to put it in my garage for the winter until the weather starts to warm up again , it won't "hatch" until April or May!

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The kids in the elementary classes,
always have searches for Monarch Butterfly
Catapillars, when the new kiddies start
kindergarden.... *like right now~September*
They bring them in, and wait for the crystalist
to form, and then hatch and and free them outside,
they do it, like in October/November I thought....

Does that kind of catapillar not come out
until spring or warm weather?????????

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Weezie

Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2





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I don't believe that is a dumb question at all !From what I've read, the Black Swallowtail in New England can have two cycles a summer and the third one will overwinter as a chrysalis because of the extreme weather. If the kindergarten (or 1st and 3rd graders, where the caterpillar is right now) keeps the chrysalis warm and hatches it in Oct or November the poor thing will die from freezing temps or starvation as not much is blooming anymore.........so as soon as this guy forms his chrysalis at the kids school, I'll be bringing it back here to overwinter in my garage and I'll have to be really patient.

I talked to my sister last night and she took a pic of a beautiful blue butterfly in my yard in Aug, We believe it is the mother !

Catlover, I will post in here any follow-up, but I will probably have to ask you guys to find it , I can never find anything.

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Hummm.... interesting

I don't care for worms myself, or poop

is there a web site that post worm pic's or have you studied worm? I have tons of woolyworms in my yard right now but have no idea what they will turn into. I hate stepping on one....that's nastier than the poop

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Well, the foot is fine, just a sprain. I love how the school secretary can make you feel like crap until you take your kid to the dr. even though you know there's nothing wrong .......

Anyway, here's the caterpillar on Thursday and he had stopped eating and just hung out like this all day

and the kids came home on Friday and said it's a chrysalis now My son says he looks like a brown leaf.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY CINDY!!!!!!!

Yes you should definitely! I would make sure you know what you've got so you know what to expect. The internet is a good resource, and I've got two butterfly/moth books that I'm always running to look up things. I got them at this place in MA, called the butterfly place, you go into this gigantic solarium and they've got hundreds of butterflies and plants in it and you can walk around with the butterflies flying all over you. It's so cool!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY CINDY!!!!!!!

The old wives tale around here is if the wolly cataerpillars are all black then harsh winter if they are brown then mild, if they are black and then brown striped it indicates a large storm or blizzard type conditions in the middle of a mild winter.

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Karrie's Photos

I saw one of each..
What does that mean???

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Weezie

Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2





http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/

Booooooooo~Hisssssssssssss!!!

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Weezie

Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2





http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/

Same here Triss, I love it hte more the merrier!

Weezie I have always wondered that myself. I guess you just take an average of what you see the most of.

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Karrie's Photos

Oh, wow! Simply Amazing! I could sit here and watch those pics all day

Very cool...how long until a butterfly?

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Jody

Thats a really cute caterpiller! You are a beautiful person to give him a luxery home as well. I hope he eats better soon!

I've been wooshing this one daddy long legs out of my shower for the last 2 weeks...cause I can't kill him...he just comes back every morning! Its become a joke at this point..wher'd ya say ya got that terrarium?

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cool! so we both have cocoons! is you daughter just thrilled about the new guy? my kids (8 yr & 5 yr) are THRILLED! we check on it almost eveyr day! i can't wait to see it change into a butterfly!