While hopscotching between Sabine Pass and Freeport over the past several weeks to enjoy the annual spectacle of migratory birds, I also enjoyed the sight of giant swallowtail butterflies. The big ...

If you want to attract beautiful native swallowtail butterflies to your yard, planting shrubs with a long, abundant flowering ...

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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

About 170 butterfly species occur in North Carolina as permanent residents, regular visitors, or rare strays. Some of these are restricted to either the coastal or mountain regions. I'd estimate that ...

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 ...