A Michigan House bill aims to designate the black swallowtail butterfly as the official state butterfly, highlighting its prevalence and beauty.

In a first, physicists have directly seen Hofstadter’s butterfly—a long-sought-after fractal in the quantum realm ...

A giant swallowtail butterfly is large and stunning. Learn what what the caterpillars and adult butterflies look like and ...

During the spring and summer, butterflies will begin to either emerge from chrysalis or begin migrating. Here's when to see butterflies in Louisiana.

Photo by Dan Hemenway. Just as monarchs famously prefer milkweed for food and egg-laying, swallowtail butterflies also have a preferred food as caterpillars. They prefer the leaves of members of the ...

The first step in cultivating a booming butterfly garden is creating a place favorable for caterpillars to grow ... agricultural office before planting to inquire about its status. swallowtail gets ...

In their caterpillar stage, they also play an important role as herbivores, keeping plant growth in check. Butterflies can also serve as an indicator species that can warn of threats and trends in ...

We were really excited since the data backed up what we had seen in the field,” Steele Cabrera said. Schaus’ swallowtail caterpillars prefer the fresh new leaf growth of their host plants over older ...

The husks are created by small, greenish-gray caterpillars that go through an ... species of tiger swallowtail butterflies typically have a flight period in the spring, but there was a group ...

AmeriCorps naturalist Shelby Davison holds a stick containing a swallowtail butterfly chrysalis during a presentation Sunday ... Erik Hogstrom, Telegraph Herald Buy Now A small monarch caterpillar ...

They remain in chrysalis form for a month before emerging ... Males, especially, will try to clear an area of predators before mating. Eggs and caterpillars are much more vulnerable to predators. Eggs ...