During the past two summers, we have seen them from time to time in our yard in south Minneapolis.
On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 7:59 AM Janice Lane <lane3...@gmail.com> wrote: > Black swallowtails feed on dill and parsley. I found several caterpillars > in early summer eating the dill in my garden. My grandchildren raised three > and released three beautiful swallowtail butterflies 12 days later. > Janice Lane > East Calhoun, Minneapolis > > > On Aug 7, 2019, at 7:43 AM, linda whyte < > 0000004e7b0e779a-dmarc-requ...@lists.umn.edu> wrote: > > > > We saw one here (Macalester Groveland) 2 days ago, and a friend who lives > > about 4 blocks away has also had one recently. It was a fun surprise, > since > > our common milkweed patch nurtures mainly Monarchs. (We've released 35 > so > > far, with more on the way.) I suspect the uptick in flower-gardens will > > raise Swallowtail sightings. > > Linda Whyte > > > > On Wed, Aug 7, 2019, 7:22 AM Susanne Nevin <nevin...@umn.edu> wrote: > > > >> Yesterday we observed a Black Swallowtail (probably female, lacked the > >> yellow stripes) feeding on the phlox. We had never seen this butterfly > >> before. Is it common in our area (Saint Anthony Park residential area, > St. > >> Paul, Ramsey Co.)? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Sue Nevin > >> > >> ---- > >> Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > >> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > >> > > > > ---- > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
