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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail- Dietician

Every species of butterfly has special plants that it likes to eat! Your job as the Dietician is to research what plants the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail like to eat so you can include them in your butterfly habitat. You must be careful to include plants that the Eastern Tiger Swallowtails need in each stage of their life cycle! Then, you need to share your plant choices with your group so they can be included in your butterfly garden!

Visit the following links to answer these questions:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterfly/species/Tigersw.shtml

http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/eastern_tiger_swallowtail.htm

http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Home/species_a_to_z/SpeciesGuideIndex/easterntigerswallowtail/tabid/6621/Default.aspx

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail caterpillars like to eat:

Yellow Poplar, Black Willow, Black Cherry, American Hornbeam, Red Maple,

Spicebush, American Elm, and Sassafras, tulip tree, sweet bay, ash, wild poplar,

Basswood, birch, lilac, aspens, or choke cherry

The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail caterpillar’s first meal is it’s own eggshell !

How do adult butterflies eat? Do they eat solid food? they drink sweet flower nectar (liquid food) using their tube-like proboscis

Adult Eastern Tiger Swallowtails drink nectar from what flowers

milkweed, thistles, Japanese Honeysuckle, Ironweed, and Red Clover, abelia

Where do Eastern Tiger Swallowtails find mineral salts? mud puddles

What do we call it when they do this? puddle clubs

Create a list to present to your group with the flowers you want to choose to be in your butterfly habitat. Be sure to include plants needed for each stage of the life cycle!!

Now, search for pictures of each of your plants to include in your presentation!