Wondering if those eggs or caterpillars on your herb plants are pests or beneficial wildlife? Identify a parsley caterpillar ...

Big, vibrant and abundant swallowtail butterflies bring a flurry of eye-catching activity to backyards across the United ...

Kathy Roemmel photographed these Swallowtail Caterpillars snacking on some dill in August. Nobody covers Columbus, Indiana ...

The zebra swallowtail butterfly is stunning, with long, sword-like tails, black-and-white stripes, and a bold red stripe on its underwing to warn would-be predators: Do not eat me, for I am poison.

Even on a very busy day, looking at a swallowtail butterfly sip nectar from beautiful flowers can put everything in perspective in the Village of DeLuna. Thanks to ...

A Zebra swallowtail sips nectar from a bush in Beechview in May 2010. The sighting was not reported until much later. (Photo by Lenore Raffle) This story was originally published by NEXTpittsburgh, a ...

Daniel Brown in front of a zebra swallowtail butterfly model that he made in his woodworking shed, on Aug. 26, 2024, at his home in Greenfield. (Photo by Benjamin Brady/Public Source) To paraphrase ...

The charity Butterfly Conservation recently declared a national “butterfly emergency” (18 September) after the lowest Big Butterfly Count since records began. In response, ecologists at the Broads ...

Butterflies, like bees, play a crucial role in pollination by transferring pollen between flowers, aiding plant reproduction.

A zebra swallowtail butterfly, photographed in the Greenfield yard of Daniel Brown on June 21. Photo courtesy of Daniel Brown. When we bought the house in 2017, the backyard was an empty green ...

Q: Parsley caterpillars have just about eaten all my parsley. This is a good thing. I have four plants and 30 worms of different sizes/stages. My problem is the parsley is almost gone and I am not ...