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Huge green caterpillar (Black swallowtail larva)

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found on fennel
by: Anonymous

found them on my fennel plant in Huntington, LI, NY.
Black swallowtail caterpillar
by: Bonnie

I found a black swallowtail caterpillar in my parsley patch Sept. 2, 2011. He's really pretty and turns into a beautiful black butterfly with colored spots on the wings.
BLACK SWALLOWTAIL LARVA
by: Moni

Adele
A black swallowtail butterfly flew up to your deck, laid an egg, the egg hatched...that is how the larvae got there. Unless you threw the caterpillar on more parsley, carrots, queen anne's lace weed or other related plants they will not survive. It will die.
Will they survive?
by: Adele

How did this black swallowtail larva get on my Parsley plants in the first place? They are in pots growing on a deck. I plucked them off & tossed them into the brush. I feel bad, but need my herbs & didn't grow them for the bugs to eat. Will they survive now?
BLACK SWALLOWTAIL LARVA
by: Moni

Diana
Actually in OK you should have at least 2 maybe 3 generations of the black swallowtail so they should emerge in 10-14 days depending on weather!
Hope you get to see the butterflies soon!

Thanks for enjoying this cool part of nature!
HUGE GREEN CATERPILLAR {BLACK SWALLOWTAIL LARVA]
by: DianaAnonymous

Thanks for the info. Found about 17 of them on my parsley plant here in oklahoma. Had no idea what they were. Can't wait 'til next spring!
BLACK SWALLOWTAIL
by: Moni

JL from South New Jersey
BLACK SWALLOWTAIL does turn into a butterfly.
Please look at this website for more info - http://bugguide.net/node/view/2636

There is more info in this comment section that I wrote to Carol...see several comments below your comment.
Parsley Caterpillar
by: JL from South New Jersey

I had 5 on the parsley plant that went bare. Ididnt know what to do I kept checking the catapillars one kind of curled smaller and went into the soil.They are beautiful there are 2 left they are smaller I am wondering if they will be butterflys. I cant find any other info. on them
Black swallowtail larva
by: Moni

Barb
Not sure why you brought them inside...they do fine out in the garden. Mother Nature knows how to best take care of them.
Blk swallowtail
by: Barb

Found this black swallowtail on my parsley and dill plants. I brought the last 3 onto the screened in porch with more plants so they survive
Black swallowtail larva
by: Moni

Carol
Well, Anonymous was correct it is sometimes called the parsley worm, as well as - Eastern Black Swallowtail,Parsely Swallowtail,Dill Worm, Parsley Worm, Celery Worm,Carrot Worm, Fennel Worm.
The common name depends on what plant someone sees it feeding on.
Larvae feed primarily on plants of the carrot family and some in the Rue Family . It is usually found on Dill, Parsley, Fennel, Carrot, and Rue in gardens, and Queen-Anne's-Lace, Poison Hemlock, and Lovage in the wild. The caterpillar will stick out smelly orange "horns" to prevent predators or us from picking them up.
It overwinters as a pupa.

The adult butterfly is black with yellow spots for the male and yellow with blue spots for the female. They are a common garden butterfly.
And the winner is...
by: Anonymous

Parsley worm.

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