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blue_eyes Seguin, TX(Zone 8b) May 27, 2008

Ok...went out to treat some plants for aphids and found some cats on my pink turk's cap and my parsley. The first is the one on the parsley:

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blue_eyes Seguin, TX(Zone 8b) May 27, 2008

Here is the one on the turk's cap. Does anyone have an ID for these?

Thanks! Kim

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pford1854 Somerset, KY(Zone 6b) May 28, 2008

I believe the first one is....

Eastern Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)

http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/showimage/4029/

Don't know about the other one.

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blue_eyes Seguin, TX(Zone 8b) May 28, 2008

Sure looks like it. Great! My only thought on the other one was maybe a type of skipper?

:) Kim

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pford1854 Somerset, KY(Zone 6b) May 28, 2008

Kim, Your BST cats might make it, if you don't have very many wasp around, but chances are the waps will find them before they reach adulthood. The wasp are very good predators, and will steal them right in front of your eyes. A lot of people bring them into nets or cages and allow them to continue to grow in safety. I raised about eight or so last year, but the wasp stole more than that.

Good Luck.
Paul

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blue_eyes Seguin, TX(Zone 8b) May 28, 2008

I would love to raise them, but I don't have anything to put them in yet, and I am not always home on the weekends to feed them.

Does anyone have any idea on the other cat?

Kim

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