East Texas is home to a wide array of fascinating wildlife, including the giant swallowtail butterfly. Known for its impressive size and striking appearance, this butterfly is a frequent visitor to ...

There’s a new bug in the garden, and it looks a lot like bird poop. Unappetizing, you bet, but so clever: This odd little caterpillar’s job is to avoid being eaten, and one day -- like magic -- become ...

Giant Swallowtails are among the largest butterflies in North America. Vicky McMillan With wingspans up to five or six inches, Giant Swallowtails (Papilio cresphontes) are arguably the largest ...

Is that something a bird left behind? No, it's an orange dog caterpillar, the larvae of the Giant Swallowtail butterfly, which is native to our area. Believe it or not, that caterpillar is about to ...

Streaked and gooey-looking, the caterpillar of North America's largest butterfly looked for all the world like a big bird dropping. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as you well know,” advised ...

Have you seen a giant swallowtail butterfly in Westborough? Spotted in town last summer, the lovely giant swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) is newcomer to Massachusetts from states farther south. The ...

Look up in the sky. It's bird. It's a plane. No — it's a giant swallowtail, often mistaken for those popular Japanese film star icons, Ro-dan or Mothra. The giant swallowtail is the largest of all ...

We keep finding caterpillars in our garden. I wrote about a silkworm caterpillar we raised indoors until a winged Io moth emerged in July. In August, my wife, Kathy, found another caterpillar — aka ...

Most swallowtails have distinctive tails on their hind wings. My series about butterfly gardening in Florida rolls on: In this third installment, I will focus on swallowtail butterflies. Florida is ...