Discover fascinating caterpillar facts you should know. Eastern, western and Canadian tiger swallowtail butterflies look almost identical, but the latter two are smaller. Use geography to tell ...

Eastern tiger swallowtails are common ... In the first three stages, tiger swallowtail caterpillars are brown and white and look rather like bird droppings. They eat primarily at night and ...

The final brood in our region overwinters in the chrysalis stage until emerging in the spring ... so we’re hopeful for future generations of Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterflies. The young ...

The eastern tiger swallowtail is found throughout eastern North America. In its caterpillar stage, the eastern tiger swallowtail prefers the leaves of birch, wild cherry, and sweetbay magnolia trees.

The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus ... according to the NC Museum of Natural Sciences. Butterflies and caterpillars — the larval stage of the butterfly cycle — will flourish ...

For instance, the newly hatched brown and white-colored caterpillar of the eastern tiger swallowtail not only looks like a bird dropping but acts like one by sleeping out in the open, on top of ...

Norman Winter Special to the Ledger-Enquirer Adult Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterflies seek out the nectar of milkweed, Joe Pye weed, wild cherry and lilac, whereas caterpillars munch on wild ...

The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus ... Butterflies and caterpillars — the larval stage of the butterfly cycle — will flourish in both rural and urban landscapes that are well ...

Norman Winter Special to the Ledger-Enquirer Adult Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterflies seek out the nectar of milkweed, Joe Pye weed, wild cherry and lilac, whereas caterpillars munch on wild ...