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 ...

Various species of swallowtail butterfly are a common sight in fields and woodlands early in the year. Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager talk about... May 12, 2016 — Various species of swallowtail ...

While hopscotching between Sabine Pass and Freeport over the past several weeks to enjoy the annual spectacle of migratory birds, I also enjoyed the sight of giant swallowtail butterflies. The big ...

The peak season for one of our largest and most beautiful butterflies, the tiger swallowtail, is approaching. To be even more specific, it is time for the emergence of the second brood of the eastern ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

An eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly sips nectar from John Fanick phlox. The swallowtail butterfly family contains up to 700 species in the world, most of them tropical. More than two dozen are ...

Last week I had a picture of a dark form of the eastern tiger swallowtail with my column. The obvious question about any species with more than one color form is: What is the advantage? The advantage ...

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 ...

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 ...