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For many of us in the High Country, seeing beautiful butterflies fluttering through the air, or sitting on flowers, is a ...
Tree species preferred by the caterpillars include cherry, magnolia, basswood, tulip tree, ash, cottonwood, willow and birch. We have ash trees in our neighborhood and a medium-size black birch tree ...
The caterpillars are eating the leaves of my tree, and I was wondering what to spray to control them. — Tim Gleason This is the orange dog caterpillar, the immature form of the giant swallowtail ...
Michael Hodge / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0. Hello, handsome. The spicebush swallowtail caterpillar goes through several stages and color changes on its way to becoming a butterfly.The snake ...
Several swallowtail species have adopted this unsavoury camouflage for their caterpillars, including the striking citrus swallowtail (Papilio demoleus). The citrus swallowtail is widespread in several ...