danny ~

if i'm not mistaken, many of the swallowtail larval hosts are trees - you may want to consider making the jump to plants rather than starting with seed - i ordered my wafer ash from a mail order company in florida - after my DH mower it over & i put up a chicken wire barrier, it has finally taken off - but it's still years from being large enough to feed any caterpillars

mechelle on the butterfly forum has offered pipevine seeds - have to talked to her?

~ freshair

The monarch butterfly host is milk weed. grows wild around here. Rather a pretty plant. Ill have to see if I can find some that are going to seed.

I have milkweed seeds if you want them. Very pretty plants and a Host for the Monarch butterfly. LMK

aquawise,
What Milkweed do you have? There are many different ones found in the USA. I have some but am interested in which ones you have.

freshair,

I have some Pipevine seeds.

I am looking for seeds of the Tiger Swallowtails (3 Tailed Swallowtail, 2 Tailed Swallowtail, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail) and host plants of Painted Lady, Question Mark, and other butterflies found in and north, south, east, and west of the Rio Grande Valley in south Texas.

Thank-you

I have not got a clue! I got it in a trade, just thought I would offer it to you for butterfly fodder.

Thank-you but I have some milkweeds but not all the species. Have you grown some of those seeds? Did you get them in 2007 because someone was giving Asclepias Variegata seeds. If they are ASclepias Variegata then I would like some. :-)

Here's the list of Swallowtail Host Plants, from the Butterfly Forum:

SWALLOWTAILS

Giant Swallowtail

- Citrus family, Rutaceae
1. Ptelea trifoliata - hop tree, wafer ash
2. Zanthoxylum clava-herculis - hercules club
3. Zanthoxylum fagara - wild lime
4. Zanthoxylum americanum - prickly ash
5. Citrus spp. - various species, including cultivated
6. Murraya paniculata - orange jasmine
7. Ruta graveolens - rue

Spicebush Swallowtail

- Laurel family, lauraceae
1. Persea borbonia - redbay
2. Persea palustris - swampbay
3. Sassafras albidum - sassafras
4. Lindera benzoin - spicebush
5. Cinnamomum camphora - camphor tree

Pipevine swallowtail caterpillars will die if raised on tropical pipevines. Please only use the pipevines on the list.

Pipevine Swallowtail

- Pipevine family, Aristolochia
1. Aristolochia macrophylla - big leaf pipevine
2. Aristolochia tomentosa - woolly pipevine
3. Aristolochia serpentaria - Virginia snakeroot
4. Aristolochia californica - California pipevine
5. Aristolochia fimbriata - white-veined Duchman's pipe
6. Aristolochia trilobata - Dutchman's Pipe
7. Aristolochia clematitis - Birthwort

Anise Swallowtail

- Carrot family, Apiaceae
1. Pimpinella anisum - anise
2. Foeniculum vulgare - fennel
3. Lomatium  parsnip

Eastern Black Swallowtail

- Rue family, Rutaceae
- Carrot family, Apiaceae
1. Ruta graveolens - rue
2. Anethum graveolens - dill
3. Foeniculum vulgare - fennel
4. Petroselinum crispum  parsley
5. Zizia aurea - golden Alexander

Palamedes Swallowtail

- Laurel family, lauraceae
1. Persea borbonia - redbay
2. Persea palustris - swampbay
3. Sassafras albidum  sassafras

Zebra Swallowtail

- Pawpaw family, annonaceae
1. Asimina triloba - common pawpaw
2. Asimina pygmaea - dwarf pawpaw
3. Annona muricata  soursop

Polydamas Swallowtail

- Pipevine family, Aristolochia
1. Aristolochia elegans - calico flower
2. Aristolochia gigantea - giant pipevine

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

- Rose family, Rosaceae
- Magnolia family, Magnoliaceae
- Olive family, Oleaceae
1. Prunus serotina - wild black cherry
2. Liriodendron tulipifera - tulip poplar
3. Ptelea trifoliata - wafer ash, hoptree
4. Fraxinus velutina - Arizona ash tree

Canadian Swallowtail

1. Populus tremuloides - quaking aspen
Two-tailed Tiger Swallowtail
- Cherry family, Prunus
- Ash family, Fraxinus

- Citrus family, Ptelea

1. Prunus virginiana - chokecherry
2. Ptelea crenulata - California hoptree
3. Ptelea trifoliata - Common hoptree

Pale Swallowtail

- Buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae
1. Rhamnus californicus - coffeeberry
2. Ceanothus arboreus - California lilac

Western Tiger Swallowtail

- Willow family, Salicaceae

lisa h, Thank-you.

I have some of those. I know the host plants but there are too many to list all of them for each butterfly near the Rio Grande Valley. :-)

Danny, it makes it easier on your traders if they know what you are looking for :) A lot of people will have seeds, but may not think of them as host plants.

I hope you get some trades!!

Lisa

Here is the long list.

Here is a link that might be useful: Caterpillar Food Plants for the Lower Rio Grande Valley