Understanding the life cycle of the giant swallowtail can help gardeners create a supportive environment for this butterfly. The life cycle consists of four stages: egg, larva (caterpillar), pupa ...

Young caterpillars are brown except for a white and yellowish patch in the middle. They tend to have shiny skin. Giant swallowtail butterflies lay orange-colored eggs.

Like other butterflies, the Giant Swallowtail passes through varies stages in its life cycle – egg, larva (caterpillar), pupa (chrysalis) and adult. The adult is what is known as the butterfly.

Gayle Anderson was live in Downtown Los Angeles at Exposition Park for the opening of the BUTTERFLY PAVILION, the living habitat where hundreds of butterflies flutter among nectaring plant at the N… ...

Giant Swallowtail larvae are as arresting as the adults. At first glance, you may even mistake these blotchy, brown and white caterpillars for bird droppings, especially when they’re resting ...

The first time I saw a giant swallowtail butterfly years ago, I just happened to walk out to get the mail and saw it nectaring on lantana in my flower bed by the road. What a surprise! This huge pa… ...

The island's Giant Swallowtail butterfly is said to be the largest of the true swallowtail species globally, with an average wingspan of six inches. The butterfly goes through various ...

Track sightings of the giant swallowtail (and other butterflies) at the citizen-science site e-butterfly.org. Contact Joel Banner Baird at 802-660-1843 or [email protected]. Follow him ...

No, it's an orange dog caterpillar, the larvae of the Giant Swallowtail butterfly, which is native to our area. Believe it or not, Digging In: Caterpillars take a bite out of citrus leaves, but ...