East Texas is home to a wide array of fascinating wildlife, including the giant swallowtail butterfly. Known for its impressive size and striking appearance, this butterfly is a frequent visitor to ...

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 pale ...

While hopscotching between Sabine Pass and Freeport over the past several weeks to enjoy the annual spectacle of migratory birds, I also enjoyed the sight of giant swallowtail butterflies. The big ...

Monarch butterfly sightings are more common now that they're migrating. (Photo courtesy of Betty Hammerstone) The grass was wet with dew as I walked around the yard at 7 a.m. Thursday, another day ...

Suspended from branches high above the ground, Nicolas Moulin looked through his binoculars over a seemingly endless sea of emerald green. Somewhere beneath the forest canopy was the African giant ...

As I’m writing this, a grandmother is outside with her daughter’s two small children. They are counting the butterflies flitting about among the flowers. Verbena bonariensis is a big favorite, a ...

Is that something a bird left behind? No, it's an orange dog caterpillar, the larvae of the Giant Swallowtail butterfly, which is native to our area. Believe it or not, that caterpillar is about to ...

Second of three parts. Read the part one here. Zebra, giants and pipevines are the three uncommon swallowtail species in this area. They are not seen nearly as often as the eastern tiger, black or ...

Look up in the sky. It's bird. It's a plane. No — it's a giant swallowtail, often mistaken for those popular Japanese film star icons, Ro-dan or Mothra. The giant swallowtail is the largest of all ...

Streaked and gooey-looking, the caterpillar of North America's largest butterfly looked for all the world like a big bird dropping. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as you well know,” advised ...