The California pipevine swallowtail butterfly is a wonder to behold. It begins its life as a tiny red egg, hatches into an enormous orange-speckled caterpillar, and then — after a gestation ...

The California pipevine swallowtail, native to San Francisco, saw its population decline drastically over the years. But Tim Wong, also known as the "butterfly whisperer," has led the effort to ...

It’s a diverse family, with more than 500 swallowtail butterfly ... the bright sun. Pipevine swallowtails are found throughout the eastern U.S. and through the southwest to California.

Pipevine swallowtail butterflies, especially, employ some pretty mind-boggling tricks during their short lives. Take their caterpillar host plant, for example. Here in California, female pipevine ...

Tim Wong rescued California Pipevine swallowtail butterflies known for their blue hue In San Francisco, a butterfly species was facing extinction due to the scarcity of its host plant - the ...

While it’s “a good deed” to move them off the road, Aull said, these caterpillars are poisonous because they eat the California ... “The pipevine swallowtail caterpillars and butterflies ...

California pipevine is a deciduous vine with heart ... I didn’t see the pipevine swallowtail butterfly (Battus philenor hirsuta); it was probably too early in the season. Eggs from the butterfly ...

This plant, one of more than 500 species in the genus, grows only in Northern California and is the larval food of the pipevine swallowtail butterfly. Pipevine flowers are different from the ...