Passionflower serves as a host plant to several butterflies, in particular the gulf fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) and zebra ...

One of the rarest butterflies in the country, the Schaus Swallowtail Butterfly, is benefitting from an event many people ...

In a new study, scientists pulled from a 35-year dataset to examine long-term population trends of the federally endangered ...

effective camouflage in its pine rockland habitat in South Florida. This butterfly, whose only known host plant is the pineland croton, reaches adult sizes of 2.75 to 3 inches and displays sexual ...

In a new study, scientists pulled from a 35-year dataset to examine long-term population trends of the federally endangered Schaus’ swallowtail butterfly ... plant species on which to lay their eggs ...

The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the ... chief among them vanishing milkweed, the host plant for the insect's caterpillars. The plant has been disappearing before a ...