From swallowtails to painted ladies, meet some interesting caterpillars you might find in your yard — and find out about the ...

Herbs: If you want black swallowtail butterflies to lay eggs in your garden, plant common fennel (Foeniculum vulgare). Fennel ...

I think it was my 12th birthday when I received a butterfly and moth capturing kit. It came with a fine-meshed insect net and other items for euthanizing and mounting specimens in a display frame.

Gardeners who want to see more butterflies fluttering through their yards may only need to plant the right flowers.

The colors and patterns of black swallowtails reveal the diversity of evolutionary dynamics acting on the sexes and the various life-history stages Six species of swallowtail butterflies occur locally ...

We know about migrating species of butterflies, but they don't all fly south for the winter. Several overwinter in their home ...

We have a large patch of bronze fennel growing out back — this is unfortunate because it can be an aggressive invasive plant and is currently attempting to overrun my blueberry patch, but, on the ...

In 2012, there were only about four Schaus swallowtail butterflies left in their natural habitat of Southeast Florida and the Florida Keys. Through conservation efforts, captive breeding and rearing ...

On a wooded hillside along the banks of the Allegheny River, Gabrielle Marsden brushed up against an oblong leaf: Asimina triloba—the American pawpaw. The deciduous tree bears North America's largest ...

LANSING, MI - Michigan Garden Clubs President Carol Brodbeck believes Michigan should recognize the value of butterflies by naming the black swallowtail as its official state butterfly. Naming a state ...

When it comes to survival of the fittest, female swallowtail butterflies are masters of disguise. They’ve evolved a clever way of mimicking the wing colors, shapes and patterns of their poisonous ...