Plants for other butterflies

[ChrysCook]

Hello, I spent quite awhile online researching exactly what type of pipevine the Pipevine swallowtail utilizes for the larval stage and where to obtain the plants. The best source price-wise of Aristolochia tomentosa (woolly Dutchman's pipe) is Missouri Wildflower Nursery, www.mowildflowers.net. You can call, email, or FAX in an order. I also found the seeds of A. tomentosa and A. serpentaria on ebay. They require stratification for 90 days.

Be careful which species of Aristolochia you buy. A. tomentosa, A. serpentaria (Virginia snakeroot) and A. durior (Dutchman's pipe) are definitely food sources. The female will lay eggs on some of the others, but the larvae will die.

Missouri Wildflower Nursery is also a fairly inexpensive source of milkweed plants. The smaller ones are $2.25 each.

[Mona Miller]

http://davesgarden.com/products/gwd/c/4253/
I got plant of A. serpentaria (Virginia snakeroot) from Loess Roots. The number of Pipevines in my yard tripled. I also have A. durior in two forms, one suckers everywhere and the other has more of a trunk. His plants are very healthy and he grows several other natives.

I have a few eggs today from a female Pipevine Swallowtail. I wish I had time to watch her lay. I saw her testing the plants and also any other vine that was close by.