North Carolina’s state butterfly is hard to miss — and also easy to attract to backyards by planting a variety of native plants. The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) can be bright yellow ...

In 1976, a bill was introduced to adopt a Chinese mantid as Virginia’s official state insect. Entomologist Michael Kosztarab, founding director of the Virginia Museum of Natural History at Virginia ...

I think it was my 12th birthday when I received a butterfly and moth capturing kit. It came with a fine-meshed insect net and other items for euthanizing and mounting specimens in a display frame.

Did you know that South Carolina has its very own state butterfly? The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) was designated as the official butterfly of the Palmetto State by Act Number 319 in ...

A tiger swallowtail (<i>Papilio glaucus</i>) caterpillar feeds on black cherry (<i>Prunus serotina</i>), which was the only plant consumed by this species at the research field site. Disclaimer: AAAS ...

Black swallowtail larva on fennel (top left), pipevine swallowtail larva on Dutchman's pipe vine (top right), swallowtail butterfly on zinnia (bottom). Q: My kids love swallowtail butterflies. Can you ...