Although its black and yellow wings may be eye-catching ... If you spot any lime swallowtail butterflies in your yard, it could be a sign of trouble for your citrus trees. Let's get into why ...

would be named state butterfly under House Bill 4159. Common in North America, the black swallowtail is easily identified by its black, three-to-four-inch diameter wings with yellow, blue and ...

It’s Pollinator Week! A time to celebrate, bring awareness to, and enjoy the incredible variety of creatures that perform the ...

The giant swallowtail butterfly is the largest butterfly in ... the upper wings are primarily black with yellow bands (some call it a big yellow “smile”) while the lower wings are mostly ...

North Carolina’s state butterfly is hard to miss — and ... The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail’s yellow and black wings can reach six and a half inches across. Males and females are this colorful ...

This species’ males can be easily identified as they are colored bright yellow with four black tiger-like stripes on the forewing. An Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly, South Carolina’s ...

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 ...

The butterfly landed, and opened its wings flat so I ... yellow spots go all the way to the costal margin…” Yikes. This is a black swallowtail because it has two rows of yellow spots extending all the ...

A black, yellow, orange and blue beauty, the black swallowtail is the official state butterfly of the Sooner State. Oklahoma statues designate the black swallowtail, Papilio polyxenes, as the ...

These eggs can appear as greenish-yellow globes and are deposited on the upper surface of a host plant leaf. The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail is not only South Carolina’s state butterfly but is ...