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Eastern Tiger Swallowtails

10 years ago

I live in zone three and see plenty of Tiger swallowtail a flying about, I have a spice bush and a couple of other host trees for them but I never get any caterpillars and would like to see them. Why is that??

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KC Clark - Zone 2012-6a OH
10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago
Tiger swallowtail cats don't eat spicebush leaves so there is one reason. ;)

Tiger swallowtails tend to lay their eggs high up in trees. If you want to get eggs/cats, have short trees. I got mine last year off my short hoptrees and I watched one lay eggs on a maybe 2' tree in the woods at Boy Scout camp. This pic is a leaf off that tiny tree. Cannot remember what tree it was.

EDIT: Rereading this, I was not as clear as I should have been. Mama TSTs tend to lay their eggs towards the top of a tree but it does not matter to them how tall the tree is. So provide them with trees where the tops are within your reach.
KC Clark - Zone 2012-6a OH
10 years ago

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dbarron
10 years ago
Spicebush swallowtail caterpillars utilize spicebush...I've had them.

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