The Dutchman’s pipe (Aristolochia durior) is a woody vine that produces flowers shaped like curved pipes with heart-shaped ...

Butterflies are colorful, delicate, and graceful creatures that bring beauty to the world. They are also exciting to watch as they grow from one stage of their life to the next, including the stages ...

A: Missouri is host to several swallowtail butterfly species including the spicebush swallowtail, Eastern tiger swallowtail and the pipevine swallowtail.

Female pipevine swallowtails lay orange-colored eggs on host plants. The pipevine swallowtail caterpillar enjoys eating Virginia snakeroot and vines in the birthwort family.

A Pipevine Swallowtail caterpillar feeds on Dutchman's Pipe (Aristolochia californica) in the Hallberg Butterfly Gardens in Graton. Louise Hallberg, pictured here, died in 2017 but the garden is ...

It is the only local larval host plant for the pipevine swallowtail butterfly. Pipevine tolerates just about any soil but needs part to full shade and a little water in summer.

It is the only local larval host plant for the pipevine swallowtail butterfly. Pipevine tolerates just about any soil but needs part to full shade and a little water in summer. While it can be grown ...

We stood at a window on a blissful September morning, drinking coffee and watching butterflies sail over our backyard garden. First came a female pipevine swallowtail that laid eggs on an ...

Black and blue pipevine swallowtail butterflies flit through the big black walnut overhanging the deck in mating dances like flying jewels, their iridescent wings flashing in the sunlight.

A pipevine swallowtail butterfly feeds on a salvia. Gardens planted with nectar-rich blooms attract summer butterflies. Pipevine swallowtails are a common sight in Houston neighborhoods in the summer.

Tim Wong rescued California Pipevine swallowtail butterflies known for their blue hue In San Francisco, a butterfly species was facing extinction due to the scarcity of its host plant - the ...