Swallowtails are large butterflies, so naturally their caterpillars, or larvae, grow to be pretty good-sized. Many have ...

Some trees that satiate the lime swallowtail caterpillar's appetite include citrus plants like bitter orange (Citrus x ...

Just as monarchs famously prefer milkweed for food and egg-laying, swallowtail butterflies also have a preferred food as ...

Black and white stripes combined with a knobbly body make the caterpillar look remarkably like bird droppings. This unappetising outfit is a clever ploy to hide in plain sight, a trick used by ...

Swallowtail distribution is wholly dictated by the availability of milk parsley, its caterpillar food source. When the Norfolk Broads were actively managed by reedcutters who harvested both reed ...

Seeing their photos, Mizuochi said, "Unfortunately, there are tachinid fly larvae in them." Tachinids lay eggs on swallowtail larvae. It came as a fresh reminder of how hard it is to live in ...