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The article presents a photo essay which depicts the life cycle of the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly species, evolving on a Black Cherry tree in Houston, Texas.

The article focuses on an American snout, a species of butterfly, that laid eggs on a sugarberrry, considered as most common and widespread species of hackberry tree in Texas, in Harris County on June 6, 2013. Photographs that depict the development of a caterpillar are presented. The author also includes maps that show the range of American snout and sugarberry in the state.

The article reports on the discovery of an egg of Spicebush Swallowtail, a species of butterfly, underside of a Redbay tree leaf in Montgomery County, Texas on April 14, 2015. Photographs that depict the caterpillar's development are presented. The author also includes maps that show the range of Spicebush Swallowtail and the range of Redbay tree in the state.

A photo essay which documents the growth of the Little Yellow butterfly on a Partridge Pea plant is presented.

The article focuses on the sighting of the Giant Swallowtail on Hercules' Club in Harris County, Texas. It describes Hercules' Club as a small tree common in the area which has thorns on its leaves, branches and trunk. It recalls that two Giant Swallowtail eggs were seen on the fresh growth leaves of the plant on August 12, 2013 which hatched three days later. The caterpillars have gone into the chrysalis stage in two weeks, one of which emerged on September 11.

The article presents a photodocumentation of the butterfly Gulf Fritillary on Bluecrown Passionflower, Passiflora caerulea, in Harris County, Texas from an egg on November 2, 2012 up to January 1, 2013 when it emerged as an adult butterfly.

The article discusses the importance of Smallspike False Nettle or Boehmeria cylindrica as food plant for Question Mark caterpillars.

The article discusses the importance of Golden Zizia as food plant for Black Swallowtail caterpillars.

Many complications seen in children born prematurely are related to an unhealthy parent‐infant relationship in the early postpartum period. Hospital staff should be on the alert for, and attempt to alter, parental behaviors described here that signal future problems in the parent‐child relationship, as well as hospital policies and staff practices that contribute to the development of an unhealthy relationship.

The article focuses on the sighting of a Cloudless Sulphur caterpillar on a Partridge Pea plant in Harrison County, Texas in August 2012. It recalls that the caterpillar was found on August 19 which underwent one molt on August 22. It adds that the adult butterfly emerged from its chrysalis on August 29. The Partridge Pea is described as a common annual in Houston growing in open fields and roadsides.

The article presents a photodocumentation of the butterfly Goatweed Leafwing feeding on the hogwort Croton capitalus, also known as goatweed, in Harris County, Texas, from a young caterpillar on August 13, 2012 up to September 9 when it emerged as an adult butterfly.

The article offers information about the false nettle, Boehmerica cylindrica, which can be used as food for caterpillars. The said plant is an alternative to the stinging nettle Urtica dioica as a caterpillar food plant. It is distributed in the eastern and southern parts of the U.S. but is available in Sweet Nectar Nursery in Southwest Washington State.

The article offers the opinion of past and present contributors regarding the need for gardens for fall cleaning. Lenora Larson of Long Lips Farm stated that fall clean-ups should be delayed as many butterflies spend winter in leaf and twig debris. Naturalist Mary Ane Borge asserted that gardens should be left alone as insects are present there all year-round.