EVERETT — An abundance of yellow butterflies has made it a colorful summer in the Pacific Northwest. It’s not just casual gardeners who have noticed the boom in tiger swallowtails. Across the ...

When someone says “butterfly,” what do you see in your mind? Many people think “monarch” but actually picture a beautiful tiger swallowtail in their mind. Tiger swallowtails are large yellow ...

While preparing for a talk about using color in the landscape, I collected flowers from the office and at home to create a visual display of color. It was amazing to collect such an assortment of ...

There are many yellow or sulphur butterflies here in South Florida, and lucky for us they are present all year round. The most abundant of the sulphur butterflies are the orange barred sulphur, the ...

There are many sulphur (yellow) butterflies in southern Florida and, lucky for us, they are present all year round. The most abundant of the sulphur butterflies are the orange barred sulphur, the ...

What Does a Giant Swallowtail Butterfly Look Like? Have you ever spotted a giant swallowtail butterfly? If you live in the southeast, perhaps you’ve seen one of these beauties floating through your ...

Apropos of the interesting discussion on comparative palatability and warning colours (NATURE, November 19, p. 53; November 26, p. 78), it may be of interest to your readers if I restate in your ...

There's the dead leaf butterfly, which resembles dried foliage when it shuts its wings. There's the Magellan’s iridescent birdwing, whose yellow hindwings appear blue-green when viewed from the right ...