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 ...

Two Catholic churches in Arnold will close. A new one will be built in their place. Not surprisingly, pipevine swallowtail larvae feed on the native perennial Dutchman’s pipe vine.

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 lands on flowers at Hallberg Butterfly Gardens in Sebastopol on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Christopher Chung/The Press Democrat) ...

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our community in a variety of ways, including 4-H, farm advisers, and nutritio… ...

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. Few ...

We planted Dutchman’s pipe in our yard specifically for pipevine swallowtail larvae. But our parsley and dill nourish black swallowtail larvae, and passionflower supports Gulf fritillary larvae.

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 ...