These large butterflies do not migrate like monarchs. They glide through fields and farmlands and frequent urban landscapes.

Black swallowtail adults are sexually dimorphic, meaning that they have different color patterns--their ventral wing surfaces and their bodies are the same but their dorsal patterns differ. Thorax and ...

In its butterfly state, the red Helen swallowtail is mostly black in color, ... Bonus trivia: A swallowtail caterpillar like this was the inspiration for the Pokemon Caterpie. 7.

Most butterfly caterpillars are very particular, eating only plants from one family. Monarch caterpillars eat milkweed, black swallowtail caterpillars eat plants in the parsley family, and so on.

For many of us in the High Country, seeing beautiful butterflies fluttering through the air, or sitting on flowers, is a ...

The black swallowtail is the State Butterfly of Oklahoma. It’s a beautiful butterfly with a striking caterpillar. It is found throughout the state and is common in our flower and ...

Not the caterpillars! The bright green spicebush caterpillar with big eye spots is about as cute and goofy as you can imagine, while the black swallowtail caterpillar is more handsome, green with ...

If there is one critter in the animal kingdom that stakes claim as being the master of disguise, it's the spicebush swallowtail caterpillar. And talk about having a bag of tricks up its sleeve ...

If the caterpillar of a black swallowtail butterfly shows you its “horns,” it’s just a defensive response, and a rather stinky one at that.