Butterfly Caterpillars

What Happens to Butterflies and Caterpillars in the Winter?
As the days get shorter and the temperatures cooler, what happens to all the beautiful butterflies? This is a common ...
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How to Find a Spicebush Caterpillar
Watch the video to see how we found a surprise hidden ...
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Green and Black Caterpillars on Fennel
A tip for seeing and raising Black Swallowtails is to include their host plants (fennel, dill, parsley) in your garden ...
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Body Parts of a Caterpillar
Illustration of a caterpillar. The main caterpillar parts are: head, spiracles, eyes, mouth, true legs, segment, and prolegs ...
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Caterpillar Eating Parsley to Finding Chrysalis
A Lesson in Determination: Caterpillar to Chrysalis A Black Swallowtail caterpillar fed on our parsley plant on one side of ...
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We Found an American Lady Caterpillar on It’s Host Plant
Hidden treasure! Watch us find an American Lady caterpillar tucked in the leaves ...
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Giant Swallowtail Caterpillars Arrived!
We’ve waited 3 years for the Giant Swallowtails to find our Wafer Ash tree. We found 8 caterpillars! ...
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A Caterpillar’s Long Journey
Watch the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail caterpillar leave our Tulip Poplar tree ...
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The Mysteries of a Butterfly’s Life
Butterflies go through four stages in life that are considered to be great mysteries. Read on to learn more about ...
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Pipevine Caterpillar Leaving Host Plant
Watch the caterpillar crawling to find a safe place to pupate ...
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What do caterpillars eat?
Caterpillars eat specific plants that we refer to as their host plants. Each species of butterflies have their own particular ...
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Does Your Garden Have ‘Guests’ Staying This Winter?
It’s early October and we still have a few Black Swallowtail caterpillars on our fennel. These last hangers-on will soon ...
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Finding Caterpillars in Your Yard
The first tip to finding caterpillars is knowing the host plant and, of course, including it in your garden. Watch ...
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