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Papilio zelicaon
I had about four Anise Swallowtail Butterfly Caterpillars in my garden in 2011. I am going to plant more anise plants this year and hope to attract more butterflies and have even more caterpillars in 2012!
Urban house vegetable garden.
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Thank you Gerard Aizpuru!
Thank you for the information Karen--I'll look on eBay for seeds.
Grate series!
There are many species of asclepias (milkweed), I got seeds for 8 different varieties from ebay so I should have a good selection for them this summer - provided I don't kill the plants first!
Cool Karen--I am going to get some milkweed too--I always see monarch flying over my house--I will lure them in this year!
We don't get these in Tennessee but I have planted pipevines (for the pipevine swallowtails), fennel (black swallowtails), pawpaw (zebra swallowtails) & a load of different milkweeds for the monarchs!