You can support butterflies by doing these things: garden with natives and nectar plants; offer host plants; don’t use ...

Since it's the middle of the summer, and since kids are possibly looking for something fun to do on a rainy day (something we've had plenty of this year), I thought that I would write a column for ...

Charlie Bruggemann in Kempsville in Virginia Beach passed on his photo-essay of a black swallowtail butterfly emerging from its chrysalis at 10 a.m. one morning and flying off into the wild blue ...

East Texas is home to a wide array of fascinating wildlife, including the giant swallowtail butterfly. Known for its impressive size and striking appearance, this butterfly is a frequent visitor to ...

We keep finding caterpillars in our garden. I wrote about a silkworm caterpillar we raised indoors until a winged Io moth emerged in July. In August, my wife, Kathy, found another caterpillar — aka ...

Today is a wonderful day in my back yard. I observed for the first time an eastern black swallowtail butterfly landing on my bronze fennel in my flower bed. This the host plant for this species of ...

I love butterflies…of all kinds. And I have written several articles about this beloved insect. Most of the time, I write about the monarch butterfly, because I have raised them the last few years.

The beautiful male emerged in October, eager to mate but destined for disappointment because he emerged too late in the season, just an example of natural selection at work I received an invitation to ...

If you discover caterpillars chowing down in your herb garden, resist the urge to squish them. They'll be gone soon enough. If they're eating parsley, dill or fennel, they'll likely turn into Eastern ...

Q. How can I support the swallowtail butterfly population? It's great to see the monarchs but I would like to have another variety in my yard. A. Swallowtail butterflies are beautiful insects easily ...

The first time I saw a giant swallowtail butterfly years ago, I just happened to walk out to get the mail and saw it nectaring on lantana in my flower bed by the road. What a surprise! This huge pale ...