Parsley caterpillars can thrive on any plant in the carrot family
Q: Parsley caterpillars have just about eaten all my parsley. This is a good thing. I have four plants and 30 worms of different sizes/stages. My problem is the parsley is almost gone and I am not sure they are ready for the chrysalis stage. I don’t know what to do to make sure they have enough food. Is there anything else I can feed them? If they run out of food, will they go into the next stage or die?
A: You can move swallowtail caterpillars to any other plant that’s a member of the carrot family: garden carrots, parsley, dill, fennel, Queen Anne’s lace (also called wild carrot), milkweed, phlox, and rue. What about the leaves on a fresh bunch of carrots from the grocery store? Or organic grocery?
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