From swallowtails to painted ladies, meet some interesting caterpillars you might find in your yard — and find out about the ...

DEAR JOAN: I have a caterpillar question. I found two large, mostly black guys in my yard — one crawling up the stucco of the house, the other clinging to a pot on the patio. Is this a pipevine ...

Welcome to spring. The greening of the landscape is already well underway, and the rapid leafing out is triggering another great phenomenon: the “great munching.” ...

If you want to attract beautiful native swallowtail butterflies to your yard, planting shrubs with a long, abundant flowering season is one of the best ways.

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 ...