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Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillars - Video #7616329 06/30/22 02:33 PM 06/30/22 02:33 PM
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,601 KY A AnthonyT OP trapper
AnthonyT OP trapper A Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,601 KY	Been finding a bunch of spicebush swallowtail caterpillars in and around our native plant nursery this summer. Super cool insects that have several cool predator avoidance adaptations. I made a video about them which I will link: https://youtu.be/AOwM5edypcA I also made a video about one of their most common host plants, the spicebush. Also a great shrub if you are wanting to attract songbirds as they love the bright red berries. https://youtu.be/fuvrvQbXoTM Hope you enjoy them! Last edited by AnthonyT; 06/30/22 09:00 PM.

Re: Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillars [Re: AnthonyT] #7616337 06/30/22 02:48 PM 06/30/22 02:48 PM
Joined: Apr 2014 Posts: 7,084 MO cfowler trapper
cfowler trapper Joined: Apr 2014 Posts: 7,084 MO	Pretty interesting and informative. My wife and I both enjoyed the videos. I trap for fun. I skin 'em for the money! Grinners For Life-Lifetime Member, MO Chapter, Den #1 ~You Grin, You're In~

Re: Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillars [Re: AnthonyT] #7616601 06/30/22 09:00 PM 06/30/22 09:00 PM
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,601 KY A AnthonyT OP trapper
AnthonyT OP trapper A Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,601 KY	Thanks! Glad you liked it!

Re: Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillars [Re: AnthonyT] #7616649 06/30/22 10:03 PM 06/30/22 10:03 PM
Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 2,227 Priest River, Idaho USA S SundanceMtnMan trapper
SundanceMtnMan trapper S Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 2,227 Priest River, Idaho USA	Very interesting "They Say Nothing is Impossible, But, I Do Nothing Every Day."

Re: Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillars [Re: AnthonyT] #7616788 07/01/22 06:48 AM 07/01/22 06:48 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 20,057 SEPA L Lugnut trapper
Lugnut trapper L Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 20,057 SEPA	Interesting videos and channel. You have a new subscriber. Eh...wot?

Re: Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillars [Re: AnthonyT] #7616856 07/01/22 08:52 AM 07/01/22 08:52 AM
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,601 KY A AnthonyT OP trapper
AnthonyT OP trapper A Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,601 KY	Lugnut, thanks for the sub!

Re: Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillars [Re: AnthonyT] #7616875 07/01/22 09:23 AM 07/01/22 09:23 AM
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 8,208 Manitoba N Northof50 trapper
Northof50 trapper N Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 8,208 Manitoba	Sub and Thumbs up report some how the clip froze at you in the woods- would it be you used others material? only several have ever been blown this far north, but we always watch our Black Swallow tails never the less

Re: Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillars [Re: AnthonyT] #7616941 07/01/22 11:24 AM 07/01/22 11:24 AM
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,601 KY A AnthonyT OP trapper
AnthonyT OP trapper A Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,601 KY	Northof50 - Thanks for the sub! Not sure why it froze up on you, I just watched it to make sure it was working and it played through. Could have just been a YouTube glitch. All of the video clips were shot by me on our farm and in our native plant nursery. Black swallowtails are beautiful butterflies too! And they have very distinctive caterpillars also, and like all swallowtails they have an osmeterium that they expand when threatened.

Re: Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillars [Re: AnthonyT] #7617351 07/01/22 08:54 PM 07/01/22 08:54 PM
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,601 KY A AnthonyT OP trapper
AnthonyT OP trapper A Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,601 KY	Anyone seeing monarch caterpillars? Usually find a few by this time of year but nothing so far. Only a couple milkweed tussock moth caterpillars too which is very strange for around here.

Re: Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillars [Re: AnthonyT] #7617359 07/01/22 08:59 PM 07/01/22 08:59 PM
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 8,208 Manitoba N Northof50 trapper
Northof50 trapper N Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 8,208 Manitoba	Saw the first adult Monarch last week almost a month late coming up here. The common milkweed is just starting to form flower buds. Swamp milkweed is just going to set forth and bloom. I shall try to re-watch the clip.

Re: Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillars [Re: AnthonyT] #7617713 07/02/22 11:23 AM 07/02/22 11:23 AM
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,601 KY A AnthonyT OP trapper
AnthonyT OP trapper A Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,601 KY	Common milkweed is more or less done here. Starting to see some spicebush swallowtails again now that all the caterpillars are pupating. Tons of fritillaries of several species, some sulphers, and red spotted purples. Haven't seen many tiger swallowtails lately but figure they will be back as caterpillars mature. Very few monarchs around this year.

Re: Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillars [Re: AnthonyT] #7618638 07/03/22 05:47 PM 07/03/22 05:47 PM
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,601 KY A AnthonyT OP trapper
AnthonyT OP trapper A Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,601 KY	Got a bit of rain yesterday and our cup plant patch seems to have gotten the urge to bloom. Once they flower it will be butterfly city out there.

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