Attracting the Giant Swallowtail Butterfly to your garden!

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This Video offers advice on how to attract the Giant Swallowtail Butterfly to your butterfly garden. It discusses the favorite host plants of the Giant Swallowtail. It highlights which Giant Swallowtail Butterfly host plants are best in northern zones of the United States and Southern Canada ) Prickly Ash, Hop Tree and the Herb, Rue). The video goes into more depth on the Herb Rue, a favorite host plant of the Giant Swallowtail. The video also reviews the Life Cycle of the Giant Swallowtail Butterfly. If offers comments on which pollinating flowers the Giant Swallowtail prefers, such as Zinnias, Purple Cone Flowers and Phlox. This is the perfect video if you would like to see the largest butterfly in North America, the Giant Swallowtail Butterfly.
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@websurfer5772 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for the gorgeous pictures and video of the giant swallowtail butterflies. 🦋

@davethebutterflyguy9841 8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@elizabethponte1715 Жыл бұрын

I have been helping the gulf fritillary and monarch butterfly population for about a year now buying all the host plants and preparing space in my yard for my first butterfly garden. I'm so excited, recently i came across 2 giant swallowtail butterflies flying around in my Miami Florida garden. I looked up their host plants and went out to get them. 1 month later I found eggs on my wild lime. I had 3 caterpillars but only two have survived. Can't wait. Love your channel.

@davethebutterflyguy9841 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the note! You have me excited for Springtime, so I can get out and plant more host plants. Giant Swallowtails are fun to watch. Good luck with your continued commitment to butterflies. DTBG

@charityaes 4 ай бұрын

I think the Giant Swallowtail just plain ol likes purple flowers. I have a blooming magenta Dianthus here in north Texas and the Giant Swallowtail are all over it like bees to honey. I noticed so many of your pictures shows the Giant Swallowtail on purple flowers, too!

@davethebutterflyguy9841 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for pointing that out. I agree, they seem to gravitate to the purple flowers!

@sandybrawley3934 Ай бұрын

I was blessed with 14 black swallowtail caterpillars this year!

@davethebutterflyguy9841 Ай бұрын

Wow, that is fabulous! I have parsley, rue and dill growing crazy right now. I can't wait to see some Black Swallowtail caterpillars! Thanks for watching!

@po69ify 2 жыл бұрын

If this guy made a hot dish cook book I’d love to buy it

@davethebutterflyguy9841 2 жыл бұрын

Patrick, LOL!

@kathymartin5730 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Didnt realize Rue was a host plant. Common in my area

@davethebutterflyguy9841 2 жыл бұрын

I am glad you liked it. I hope you get to see Giant Swallowtails this summer!

@kathymartin5730 2 жыл бұрын

@@davethebutterflyguy9841 im in a neighborhood butterfly club & shared your video

@LINativePlantConservation 11 ай бұрын

i just learned about butterfly eggs from my sister in law, and have 5 caterpillars on my dill and carrots. there were 3 others but they disappeared. Im so excited for the plants and to see the eggs and caterpillars and butterflies!

@davethebutterflyguy9841 11 ай бұрын

Congratulations. It has been a slow summer for me with my black swallowtails. I hope your caterpillars make it through to become beautiful butterflies.

@MIAMIWHITTED Жыл бұрын

I have some on my lime trees

@davethebutterflyguy9841 Жыл бұрын

That is fabulous! I hope you enjoy watching them!

@Doktracy Жыл бұрын

That’s the Citrus Swallowtail, also called Citrus Swallowtail. It’s sometimes called Giant Swallowtail but it’s a different type.

@4everGrowin 2 жыл бұрын

NEW SUBSCRIBER!!! Thank you sir

@davethebutterflyguy9841 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome! Thanks for Subscribing!

@Terri_Stauffer 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely going to get rue, would love to attract giant swallowtails. I let my cilantro, parsley and dill reseed itself now it’s coming up everywhere, black swallow tails will be happy. Last year though they chose the carrot tops.

@davethebutterflyguy9841 2 жыл бұрын

Terri, great to hear your creating lots of host plants for the swallowtails! I was hoping my fennel and parsley would comeback this year, but no signs of it yet? I may need to reintroduce them. The Dill seems to always come back strong. I am excited to hopefully get Black and Giant Swallowtails laying eggs in my garden this year!

@georgiavesely8944 Жыл бұрын

Love your videos 😊

@davethebutterflyguy9841 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Georgia, you are the best!

@skylady64ish93 Жыл бұрын

My rue does not do well here in Florida. So far I've had 4 plants that does this year. But my lemon and wild lime and dill and parsley do just fine.

@davethebutterflyguy9841 Жыл бұрын

In Florida you have the opportunity with Lemon and lime. Unfortunately in MN we can't grow these, but Rue, Dill and Parsley grow great!

@CompetitiveFishingFreak 2 жыл бұрын

I have 4 indevidual plants in pots

@davethebutterflyguy9841 2 жыл бұрын

That could work! Good Luck, let me know if you find eggs or caterpillars!

@analyticalhabitrails9857 10 ай бұрын

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@jenickbonita1559 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, I have 3 catterpillars in my garden bit I will run out of my small citrus tree that is barely growing. I bought a lot of Rue and want to transfer them to the Rue. Will they be ok with the change of diet?

@davethebutterflyguy9841 2 жыл бұрын

That shouldn't be a problem. They eat either, they will adjust and eat the Rue. It sound fabulous, I wish you well with these hungry caterpillars.

@jenickbonita1559 2 жыл бұрын

@@davethebutterflyguy9841 thank you so much. I finally figured out how to see the responses here.

@CompetitiveFishingFreak 2 жыл бұрын

I have Rue,how much do I need to get started

@davethebutterflyguy9841 2 жыл бұрын

It can happen with just one plant. I attracted the Black Swallowtail with just one Dill plant. It was covered with eggs then caterpillars. Although one will work, I encourage more. I planted just Rue two plants to attract the Giant Swallowtail. I have not seen eggs yet this year?