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

Find out what an eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly and caterpillar looks like and the best host plants to attract them. The ...

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

The zebra swallowtail butterfly is stunning ... there’s no mistaking it for another. Although its host plant, the pawpaw, is native to Pittsburgh, no sightings of this butterfly had been ...

Fall butterflies should abound in the Houston area this season because the rains of August have enabled flowering plants to ...

A monarch larva inside one of Daniel Brown’s butterfly enclosures at his garden in Greenfield, on Aug ... enter the real star of this story — the pawpaw and its close relatives serve as the only ...

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.

The statement mentioned that each butterfly has a specific host plant, and 70 distinct host ... sunbeam, lime swallowtail, red Helen, blue Mormon, evening brown and red parrot.

Swallowtails ... at the base of their host plants. Adult morning cloaks hibernate in cracks in tree bark, wood piles, or leaf litter. To ensure that you’re providing butterflies with spaces ...

fluttering display in your garden for many months. While just about any flower with nectar can be a treat for butterflies, it is a slightly different story for caterpillar food or 'host' plants. In ...

The charity Butterfly Conservation recently declared a national ... to help prevent the spread of such pathogens and other invasive organisms. Swallowtail larvae monitoring takes place across Reedham ...