Swallowtails are large butterflies, so naturally their caterpillars, or larvae, grow to be pretty good-sized. Many have ...

This natural ingredient kills small insects, like caterpillars, by suffocating them. Even if you haven't been bothered by ...

Just as monarchs famously prefer milkweed for food and egg-laying, swallowtail butterflies also have a preferred food as ...

Swallowtail caterpillars are green once they grow large Kerry Calloway, who helps manage the tropical butterfly house, says, 'When they are resting on top of a green leaf, they look just like bird ...

Tachinids lay eggs on swallowtail larvae. It came as a fresh reminder of how hard it is to live in nature and how difficult it is to keep the cycle of life turning. If looking at butterfly larvae ...

One of the rarest butterflies in the country, the Schaus’ Swallowtail Butterfly, is benefitting from an event many people dread. A new study from the Florida Museum of Natural History shows hurricanes ...

A research team has identified a new species of tiger swallowtail butterfly living in eastern parts of North America. In their study, published in the journal ZooKeys, Julian Dupuis, B.

Sometimes, nature’s surprises come with wings. In a new study, scientists pulled from a 35-year dataset to examine long-term ...

Milk parsley had been all but choked out, depriving swallowtail caterpillars of their lunch. Conservationists now recognise the necessity of regular reed and sedge cutting to nurture swallowtails ...