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6. I made the mistake of letting the goldenrod grow also

Reply to Figarosmom (Reply #2)

Sun Aug 24, 2025, 01:51 PM

Aug 24

The goldenrod is "native" to my area. But not well-behaved, sigh.

Still, I have lots of milkweed and I have seen many caterpillars and eggs this year.

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My son just sent me pictures of caterpillars on the dill plants in his herb garden. [View all] Arkansas Granny Aug 23 OP

On dill, I'm betting they are black swallowtail, not monarch fargone Aug 23 #1

Oh, darn. Just googled an image. I didn't realize that they looked so similar. Arkansas Granny Aug 24 #4

Ive let the milkweed grow in my side yard Figarosmom Aug 24 #2

I made the mistake of letting the goldenrod grow also RandomNumbers Aug 24 #6

We had the same happen with our dill plants a few years ago, Cloudhopper Aug 24 #3

Not all milkweeds spread by runners like the common milkweed fargone Aug 24 #5