Since gulf fritillary adults were feeding on pinwheel zinnia in the backyard, I placed the pots in the same bed and hoped that the deer would not eat them before the butterflies found them.

After years of effort, the Gulf Fritillary, scientifically known as the agraulis vanillae, is well on its way to becoming Louisiana’s official state butterfly. The state Senate voted Tuesday 36-0 to ...

While there are numerous species of butterflies that are considered to be beautifully colored, it is usually only those that are colorful AND large that garner much attention from folks. One such ...

I am seeing numerous orange caterpillars, with thin black spikes protruding from their body, munching down on my passion plant leaves. I am pretty sure they are the caterpillar of the fritillary ...

A diminutive butterfly that lives along the upper Texas Gulf Coast may need federal protection as an endangered or threatened species, officials announced today. The Bay Skipper Butterfly may warrant ...

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 84, No. 2 (Jun., 2001), pp. 234-238 (5 pages) I describe the fall 1999 migration of 5 Lepidoptera and 4 Odonata species north along St. Joseph Peninsula, Gulf County, in ...

BON SECOUR, Alabama — When the sun goes down in the piney woods, the hour approaches for Dirk Bayer to hunt. Deep in the night he rises, goes to a light behind his house, and sees what’s fluttering.