From tiny caterpillars to full grown adults, we observe the Black Swallowtail butterfly. Watch as black swallowtails grow from tiny caterpillars to full grown adults. Compared to other butterfly ...

Black swallowtail caterpillars eat plants like fennel, parsley and dill, absorbing toxins for protection from predators. When threatened, the caterpillar uses a forked tongue-like gland called ...

Butterflies are a delight to watch in the garden as they flutter from one flower to another feeding on nectar. They are like airborne flowers as they flash their colorful wings. For the past couple of ...

Critters were taking circular bites out of the green leaves of our black walnut tree. We inspected the leaves and found the tiny caterpillars of a hairstreak butterfly. We knew they weren’t walnut ...

The black swallowtail is the State Butterfly of Oklahoma. It’s a beautiful butterfly with a striking caterpillar. It is found throughout the state and is common in our flower and vegetable gardens ...

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 ...

There was an absolutely wonderful change in the weather two weeks ago. Gone were the days of oppressive humidity and scorching temperatures. In their place came days with highs near 80 F, lower ...

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 ...

Every butterfly gardener delights when showy swallowtail butterflies make an appearance. These butterflies are some of the largest in the garden, and their colorful wings and soaring flight patterns ...

The female spicebush swallowtail butterfly was fluttering down, landing for a moment or two on a leaf on my sassafras tree and moving on to do the same thing on other leaves over and over again. It ...