At the live butterfly exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History now in its 13th year visitors can get face-to-face with the 500 fluttering tropical butterflies living inside. The Jagged ...

Researchers in Denmark report that the large blue butterfly has managed to produce larvae with a chemical coating similar to that of the local Myrmica rubra ants.

Historical, anecdotal records of the state-endangered Miami blue butterfly, Cyclargus thomasi bethunebakeri (Comstock & Huntington) (Lepidoptera), have mentioned larval associations with the Florida ...

Finally, some good news! Conservationists have successfully reintroduced previously extinct large blue butterflies to the UK, with the creatures populating parts of the country for the first time ...

Insect Warning Colors Aid Cancer And Tropical Disease Drug Discovery Date: July 12, 2008 Source: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Summary: Brightly colored beetles or butterfly larvae ...

The larvae were discovered while conducting inspections at the Port of Gulfport. Due to the potential impact on U.S. agriculture, the shipment of pineapples, worth $15,000, was destroyed.

Upon hatching, the larvae burrowed into the balloon and fed inside until maturity. FEEDING: Larval food plants for the Miami blue butterfly include the gray and yellow nickerbean and other members of ...

The Reakirt’s Blue (Echinargus isola) is arguably the most common of the five species of the “Black-eyed Blues” tribe.

On a daily basis, researchers analyzed the food consumption of Morpho peleides (popularly called blue morpho) butterfly larvae in Belize.

Puzzled, his team wondered whether a mysterious ticking sound emitted by blue butterfly larvae and pupae could explain this privileged treatment.

In some cases, invasive predatory ants may have supplanted native varieties that once protected butterfly larvae in symbiotic relationships.

A species of butterfly in Denmark fools ants into raising their larvae by using chemical mimicry, reports research published in the journal Science. Studying Maculinea alcon, a beautiful blue ...