They lay their eggs underneath hollyhocks & when they hatch they eat the leaves, turn into a crysalite & hatch! Then turn around & do the cycle over again. You can do this in captivity. I had more than 30 hatch one year. The also use other plants as well.
simple they eat Parsley, Fennel and Dill
Easy black swallowtail caterpillars are smaller caterpillars. SwallowTail caterpillars are bigger than black swallow tail caterpillars
Skunks, red-winged black birds, green darners, and goldenrod spiders have been known to eat tiger swallowtail butterflies.
Papilio polyxenes is the Latin name of the Black Swallowtail, which is also called the American or parsnip swallowtail.
Adult black swallowtails feed on nectar from phlox, butterfly weed, red clover and thistle.
Black swallowtail is the common name and Papilio polyxenes is the scientific name.
Black swallowtail butterflies feed on nectar from varying types of flowers. They don't have prey.
Birds eat the giant swallowtail butterfly.
Swallowtail butterflies don't have prey. They eat nectar from flowers.
The larval stage of Eastern Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) does have parsley as one of its host plants, meaning: the caterpillars eat parsley (as well as dill and carrot tops.) If you see them in your garden-- don't kill them! Plant more parsley and enjoy the beautiful adult stage.
The black swallowtail is present throughout much of North America.
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