Host plants for swallowtails

You might be surprised by some of the plants that serve as host plants for swallowtails. My previous house had a huge, mature lilac in the front yard. Every year in early spring, Eastern tiger swallowtails visited it. Swallowtails are the superstars of butterfly world: Huge, strikingly colored, they always lift my spirits when I ...

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