A black swallowtail caterpillar spends weeks doing little besides eating dill and other carrot-family plants, but this ...

Fill your herb garden with black swallowtail butterflies. Learn what the caterpillar, eggs and adult butterflies look like.

"These guys are the only reason I grow parsley." ...

Have you spotted a Monarch or Black Swallowtail butterfly this summer? There are ways to attract and support them in your ...

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 ...

person looking at butterfly in garden with flowers - Katrin_timoff/Getty Images There's nothing quite like the wildlife that flocks to your garden during the warmer months of the year. Those melodic ...

East Texas is home to a wide array of fascinating wildlife, including the giant swallowtail butterfly. Known for its impressive size and striking appearance, this butterfly is a frequent visitor to ...

One Japanese grade-school student wanted to know if his hand-raised butterflies remembered him. The results were astounding.

Every beautiful butterfly was once a caterpillar, and caterpillars have to eat. This may surprise you, but the average caterpillar has a very restrictive diet, feeding on only a few plants, and some ...

CHICO — Why did the caterpillar cross Petersen Memorial Drive? Possibly to feast on the pipevine plant, abundant in Bidwell Park. It’s pipevine swallowtail season, meaning black and orange ...