Many of the first signs of springtime are subtle. There are little shifts in the breeze as the sun begins to feel a bit warmer and remains in the sky a little bit longer each day. Birdsong increases ...

Zebra swallowtail caterpillars mainly feed on pawpaw trees. Spicebush swallowtails favor the spicebush and sassafras. Eastern tiger swallowtails go for several kinds of trees, including ash ...

Spicebush swallowtails prefer sassafras ... who lost all of the parsley in her garden one season to black swallowtail caterpillars. “The plants often recover from the damage over time.” ...