Lucky! I love Giant swallowtails! Good luck for the babies

When giant swallowtails start romancing...everybody else better get out of the way! :-D

Awesome. I hope to see some when I get some gas plants.

It is the first time I have seen more than one passing through

I'm having a record year with them. Seems like I find more eggs every day. Had to buy more wedding bags. Have over 50 bags on my trees right now. Pretty sure it is the first time I've had chrysalises and eggs on my hoptrees at the same time.

so please explain how you use the bags.

I put wedding bags on the tree with the caterpillar inside. Protects them. I have over 50 on one tree at the moment.

This thread talks about it and has a picture of the bag.

http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/1792640/your-method-of-raising-giant-swallowtails

Oh, they're little 6" bags. I was picturing a big gift bag kind of thing and wondering how many trees you must have!

I actually have a zillion hoptrees but they are tiny ones that sprouted from seeds. The seeds are from 2014. Some sprouted last year but most waited until this year.

It's fantastic that you have so many, KC! I had some recently, but no where near as many as you!

Sherry

The eggs have stopped but I'm still a little concerned about whether I'll run out of leaves. I gave three cats to a friend who has a smallish tree.