CHICO — It’s pipevine swallowtail season, meaning black and orange caterpillars are milling about all through Bidwell Park. Chico Park and Natural Resources Manager Shane Romain is advising park goers ...

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Napa Valley has a unique plant growing along its waterways, especially along the Napa River. It is Dutchman’s pipevine (Aristolochia californica) and it is native to California. This plant, one of ...

Kathy Doisy of Columbia gasped aloud when she saw a brown caterpillar chewing on the leaves of a pipevine Saturday afternoon at Lincoln University. She turned to her friend, Cheryl Jensen. "Isn't that ...

As Eric Carle once wrote, there was a “very hungry caterpillar.” It hatched from an egg and began its search for food. After about two weeks, it became a big, fat caterpillar — 2,000 times its ...