From swallowtails to painted ladies, meet some interesting caterpillars you might find in your yard — and find out about the ...

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 ...

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 ...

We have a large patch of bronze fennel growing out back — this is unfortunate because it can be an aggressive invasive plant and is currently attempting to overrun my blueberry patch, but, on the ...

If you discover caterpillars chowing down in your herb garden, resist the urge to squish them. They'll be gone soon enough. If they're eating parsley, dill or fennel, they'll likely turn into Eastern ...

The monarch butterflies have migrated north for the summer but their “cousins” the queen butterflies are prominent in many area landscapes, especially if you have milkweeds and one or more good nectar ...

On a wooded hillside along the banks of the Allegheny River, Gabrielle Marsden brushed up against an oblong leaf: Asimina triloba. The American pawpaw.The deciduous tree bears North America’s largest ...

What Does a Giant Swallowtail Butterfly Look Like? Have you ever spotted a giant swallowtail butterfly? If you live in the southeast, perhaps you’ve seen one of these beauties floating through your ...

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 ...