I have 6 black swallowtail caterpillars in a container. They ate all of my parsley and started on basil. I am going to feed them parsley and hope they turn into butterflies. I would let them eat the basil, but found no info on whether they should or not - is this OK?

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Use your old strategy if your new strategy never works.

It will work better if you leave food, but if you provide a nesting area, you may be lucky enough to see them.

There can be many factor a to why they have disappeared. 1. Predators could have found them to dine on. 2. They could have fallen from the fennel and found...

They could have gone to another place in your garden or gotten eaten by some other animal. The possibilities are endless.

If they are on parsley, they are not monarchs. Parsley is a host plant for Eastern black swallowtail. If you have enough parsley and it becomes a chrysalis, butterflies usually...

They may not be dead. Leave them be unless you are sure they are dead (liquid or black spots).

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