From my previous blog, "The Development of the Eastern Black Swallowtail", we see the caterpillar has grown and it is now at the fifth instar. The caterpillar will eat ravenously the entire parsley stem it sits on. It will travel from stem to stem to feed, first on the leaves, and then eating down the... Continue Reading →

The Eastern black swallowtail caterpillar is a fascinating creature to watch. After my little experiment to see whether I can get the caterpillars to take on a different type of plant, I continued to watch them grow. I wanted to see how far the caterpillars would grow and whether they will reject the parsley offered... Continue Reading →

During the pandemic summer of 2020, my mom and I found a couple of caterpillars in our garden. They ate a lot of the dill plants we had, but the season for the dill was ending. So we brought them into the house and fed them parsley instead. We had an abundance of parsley in... Continue Reading →