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

The pipevine swallowtail caterpillar feeds exclusively on pipevine plants that contain active aristolochic acids, which the caterpillars hold in store for their butterfly selves to use as 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 ...

However, the spicebush swallowtail caterpillar demonstrates the art of camouflage and mimicry throughout all stages of its life in the most fascinating illustrations. Bird Dropping Mimic.

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 ...

What you see here isn’t an animation from Pixar’s A Bug’s Life. This is a close-up of a swallowtail caterpillar, taken by @schwalbenschwanz.schweiz photography. This macro shot of the ...