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 ...

If you’re like most well-intentioned gardeners, you might give a lot of thought to planting the “right” plants to nourish ...

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 ...

This summer I have been learning more about the wonders of metamorphosis. In early April, I found a caterpillar on a butterfly bush. The caterpillar pupated to become a Chalcedon Checkerspot butterfly ...

The butterfly I have photographed here is a spicebush swallowtail feeding on a buttonbush bloom. It is native to the eastern United States and belongs to a large family of butterflies known as black ...

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 ...