Thank you for this exceptional video. I learned so much to take care of mine ! Yes, I have one. Love him! He's beautiful! He has such vibrant colors, beautiful markings and a sweet attitude. He's not afraid of me when I pet him. Only showed his osmeterium once, twice when I showed my mom. The first time I saw that happen I was 😮. I found 7 hatchlings last week on my baby dill, not knowing what they were at first I regretfully relocated and let 5 go in another part of our garden (I'm so sorry now- I pray they found the parsley nearby) but when I found 2 more l became curious to find out what they were. A quick photo and Google search later--wow! Once I discovered what they were I put them back in my dill planter, I had to make sure they were well fed now. I tried to find 5 others, but they were gone. Surprisingly of the two I had, one wondered off, but thank God one stayed! He was starting to run out of food so I offered him parsley. He wasn't interested. Not one bite. So I bought him a live dill from the supermarket produce department! Yes! I gently relocated from my dill planter, while he was asleep, to my mini aquarium filled with the live dill! He's so happy eating dill all day 😂. Thanks to you now I know how to help him next. Got to get him a few nice sticks to attach to. He's over a couple inches long. He's grown so big since over a week ago that I found him so he's probably almost ready to change. I can't thank you enough for this video. Sorry for over sharing. I'm just so excited! Thank you so much! ❤THANK you with all my heart, God bless you and your family always! 😊
Oh that’s awesome! I’m glad it was helpful. They can wander pretty long distances from a young age, so I’m hopeful the relocated ones were able to feed themselves :)
❤ Thank you for replying! You're so kind! I put a beautiful stick in his aquarium yesterday, and this morning he's on it! Yay! Thank you love for the guidance in this amazing video! I couldn't have done it without your help! ❤big hugs from a far! 😊
My caterpillar hatched today! It's a boy! It was pure joy seeing him. Took a ton of photos 😅 I was so excited to see him fly. You may laugh, but I just cried thinking of him gone now. He was so sweet, so beautiful. I miss him. I swear, I think he knew me. When he looked at me he wasn't afraid. There was a sense of familiarity. I was the same one who cared for him, who named him Buddy. He knew. I had him a month. Really miss him now. I hope he comes back one day. I'm sorry again for writing a lot. I just wanted to share with you and say with all my heart thank you again. Thank you for your video; you really had a hand in this and helped me raise him, because of you I learned a lot, I got him a stick at the right time of his life to attach to and cared for him right. God bless you always!❤
@@suzanne555 thank you so much for sharing!! Hopefully he signals his female friends toward your garden so they lay eggs nearby and future generations grow up with you, too! I love your comments and beautiful story :)
@ellseykaygardens Thank you!!! You're so kind. Thank you, Ms. Kay! I watched your video again and discovered mine is actually a girl! Lol! She had more powdery blue than yellow. My God she was beautiful, so bright yellow all over with the blue. I was mixed up with excitement! Lol! Pure joy! Boy or girl, no matter, of course, but now I'm even more excited and hopeful she'll come back to lay eggs. I keep looking everyday since she left. I already planted more dill for her return! 😆Yay! I watched your monarch video last night. Wow! I'm your new subscriber. Looking forward to seeing more beautiful videos. 😊 Thank you, thank you so much again! God bless you always 🥰❤ Byeeee! 😊
Wowww Great, Informative, Video! I Recently Caught A Female Eastern Swallowtail On Video And Felt Like O Captured Gold. Rarely See Them Nowadays! Nice Sharing ❤ 😊 🦋 🙏
I just found a ton of caterpillars in my garden, wondering if I should move them to a protected area so the birds & wasps don’t find them. I’m so excited to see them grow in butterflies
I would, but I have a friend who gets tons of caterpillars and butterflies without protection. The stats overall are that the chance of survival into butterfly are WAY better if you protect the egg, but it depends a bit on location!
Thank you for your very informative video. Found 3 cats on my bolting celery and moved them into an enclosure with clean parsley, and then dill when I ran out. To safeguard the cats from falling into the water, I bunched up a paper towel around the cut stems of the food source at the top of the jar so no water is exposed. A trick I learned from a butterfly friend who has been rescuing all types for decades. Now waiting for the metamorphosis 🦋
My swallowtails always seem to get eaten by wasps. So bringing them inside into a net nursery is the most successful option. They love fennel aka anise here. I try to have multiple pots of anise planted in pots.
Great video. I had brought three of these in from my dill weed and they were thriving for a couple of days, before at least 1 became cannibalistic. The entire body of one was gone and the head remained in the bottom of my mason jar. I was hopeful that it was a case of two devouring one, and left the survivors overnight last night together. When I woke up this morning, only one was left alive. The other was twitching in the bottom of the jar, it's head beside it. I have been trying to find information about this cannibalism, and learned that some swallowtail caterpillars devour eggs, but so far have not come up with anything about them eating each other.
Thank you for this information! I found 3 black swallowtail caterpillars on my dill plant and i’m so excited to raise them!
Have fun!
I love how God makes so many beautiful, fun things we can see.
AWESOME! Thank you for your time. This is just what I was looking for.
That’s great!! I’m so glad you liked it
@@ellseykaygardens I love your sweet personality, you are like fresh air in this world full of ugly people. (p.s. - I'm not gay. LOL)
@@floridaLise thank you so much! I must have my moments, though - just ask my nasty neighbour!
@@ellseykaygardens oh, I'm so sorry. There's nothing worse. I hope she sees this video; it might change her mind. Good Luck and have a great weekend.
@@floridaLise thank you!! You are spreading kindness and love :)
Fascinating... today I collect the zebra with the spots, have enough carrot to feed. :) thanks for your tips and wisdom!
Thank you for this exceptional video. I learned so much to take care of mine ! Yes, I have one. Love him! He's beautiful! He has such vibrant colors, beautiful markings and a sweet attitude. He's not afraid of me when I pet him. Only showed his osmeterium once, twice when I showed my mom. The first time I saw that happen I was 😮. I found 7 hatchlings last week on my baby dill, not knowing what they were at first I regretfully relocated and let 5 go in another part of our garden (I'm so sorry now- I pray they found the parsley nearby) but when I found 2 more l became curious to find out what they were. A quick photo and Google search later--wow! Once I discovered what they were I put them back in my dill planter, I had to make sure they were well fed now. I tried to find 5 others, but they were gone. Surprisingly of the two I had, one wondered off, but thank God one stayed! He was starting to run out of food so I offered him parsley. He wasn't interested. Not one bite. So I bought him a live dill from the supermarket produce department! Yes! I gently relocated from my dill planter, while he was asleep, to my mini aquarium filled with the live dill! He's so happy eating dill all day 😂. Thanks to you now I know how to help him next. Got to get him a few nice sticks to attach to. He's over a couple inches long. He's grown so big since over a week ago that I found him so he's probably almost ready to change. I can't thank you enough for this video. Sorry for over sharing. I'm just so excited! Thank you so much! ❤THANK you with all my heart, God bless you and your family always! 😊
Oh that’s awesome! I’m glad it was helpful. They can wander pretty long distances from a young age, so I’m hopeful the relocated ones were able to feed themselves :)
❤ Thank you for replying! You're so kind! I put a beautiful stick in his aquarium yesterday, and this morning he's on it! Yay! Thank you love for the guidance in this amazing video! I couldn't have done it without your help! ❤big hugs from a far! 😊
My caterpillar hatched today! It's a boy! It was pure joy seeing him. Took a ton of photos 😅 I was so excited to see him fly. You may laugh, but I just cried thinking of him gone now. He was so sweet, so beautiful. I miss him. I swear, I think he knew me. When he looked at me he wasn't afraid. There was a sense of familiarity. I was the same one who cared for him, who named him Buddy. He knew. I had him a month. Really miss him now. I hope he comes back one day. I'm sorry again for writing a lot. I just wanted to share with you and say with all my heart thank you again. Thank you for your video; you really had a hand in this and helped me raise him, because of you I learned a lot, I got him a stick at the right time of his life to attach to and cared for him right. God bless you always!❤
@@suzanne555 thank you so much for sharing!! Hopefully he signals his female friends toward your garden so they lay eggs nearby and future generations grow up with you, too! I love your comments and beautiful story :)
@ellseykaygardens
Thank you!!! You're so kind. Thank you, Ms. Kay! I watched your video again and discovered mine is actually a girl! Lol! She had more powdery blue than yellow. My God she was beautiful, so bright yellow all over with the blue. I was mixed up with excitement! Lol! Pure joy! Boy or girl, no matter, of course, but now I'm even more excited and hopeful she'll come back to lay eggs. I keep looking everyday since she left. I already planted more dill for her return! 😆Yay! I watched your monarch video last night. Wow! I'm your new subscriber. Looking forward to seeing more beautiful videos. 😊 Thank you, thank you so much again! God bless you always 🥰❤ Byeeee! 😊
What a great video! Wow
Thanks so much!
Love it!!!
Super helpful. Thanks so much!!!
Glad it was helpful!
Wowww Great, Informative, Video! I Recently Caught A Female Eastern Swallowtail On Video And Felt Like O Captured Gold. Rarely See Them Nowadays! Nice Sharing ❤ 😊 🦋 🙏
I just found a ton of caterpillars in my garden, wondering if I should move them to a protected area so the birds & wasps don’t find them. I’m so excited to see them grow in butterflies
I would, but I have a friend who gets tons of caterpillars and butterflies without protection. The stats overall are that the chance of survival into butterfly are WAY better if you protect the egg, but it depends a bit on location!
Thank you for your very informative video. Found 3 cats on my bolting celery and moved them into an enclosure with clean parsley, and then dill when I ran out. To safeguard the cats from falling into the water, I bunched up a paper towel around the cut stems of the food source at the top of the jar so no water is exposed. A trick I learned from a butterfly friend who has been rescuing all types for decades.
Now waiting for the metamorphosis 🦋
Is there any way to know (aside from time), if it’s going to be a pupa through winter??
Not that I’ve found!! There’s such variation in how the pupas camouflage anyway
My swallowtails always seem to get eaten by wasps. So bringing them inside into a net nursery is the most successful option. They love fennel aka anise here. I try to have multiple pots of anise planted in pots.
Planting in pots from the start is great. I keep trying to transplant dill for them and it doesn’t go very well!
Amazing how it just KNOWS what to do,& where.Maybe we are a human chrysalis-& then, we, turn into 🪽angels❤.
Great video. I had brought three of these in from my dill weed and they were thriving for a couple of days, before at least 1 became cannibalistic. The entire body of one was gone and the head remained in the bottom of my mason jar. I was hopeful that it was a case of two devouring one, and left the survivors overnight last night together. When I woke up this morning, only one was left alive. The other was twitching in the bottom of the jar, it's head beside it. I have been trying to find information about this cannibalism, and learned that some swallowtail caterpillars devour eggs, but so far have not come up with anything about them eating each other.
Wow!!! I have mine together all the time and have never seen this. Must be regional variety or something!