You can support butterflies by doing these things: garden with natives and nectar plants; offer host plants; don’t use ...

As Eric Carle once wrote, there was a “very hungry caterpillar.” It hatched from an egg and began its search for food. After about two weeks, it became a big, fat caterpillar — 2,000 times its ...

Lepidoptera, as they are known to scientists, are familiar creatures that are not only welcome guests in many gardens, they are also essential to certain flowering species' survival.

On a warm summer morning, you’re sitting in your yard enjoying a slow moment, when a flash of color catches your eye. Bright orange and black wings dance through the air before alighting on a purple ...

Since he emerged as a butterfly rescuer in 2007, Bob Erlich has released more than 36,000 monarchs and swallowtails into Chicago’s suburban landscape. “It never gets old,” the 78-year-old Evergreen ...

The female swallowtail butterfly (left) has extra orange spots and a different shape on its wings to mimic species that are toxic to predators, while the male (right) has the standard set of white ...