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 ...

When someone says “butterfly,” what do you see in your mind? Many people think “monarch” but actually picture a beautiful tiger swallowtail in their mind. Tiger swallowtails are large yellow ...

Monarch butterfly sightings are more common now that they're migrating. (Photo courtesy of Betty Hammerstone) The grass was wet with dew as I walked around the yard at 7 a.m. Thursday, another day ...

Flitting among the cool slopes of the Appalachian Mountains is a tiger swallowtail butterfly species that evolved when two other species of swallowtails hybridized long ago, a rarity in the animal ...

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 ...

The swallowtail butterfly family contains up to 700 species in the world, most of them tropical. More than two dozen are found in North America with seven found regularly in Texas. Swallowtail ...

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 ...