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Moths and butterflies

Hover your mouse over an image to see its description, and click to view a larger version. Prints and digital downloads can be purchased via the shopping-cart icon in the larger view. Teachers are welcome to use any of the images in lectures for free as long as watermarks are visible and they are not published online or in print. My full photography site is here if you’d like to browse.

Clemens' grass tubeworm moth
American dagger caterpillar
California sister
Eight-spotted forester
Copper underwing
Copper underwing caterpillar
White peacocks
Ancylis platanana
Polyphemus moth
Empress Leilia
Sachem
Ailanthus webworm moth
Ailanthus webworm moth
Ailanthus webworm
Ailanthus webworm
Ailanthus webworm moth
Io moth larvae
Oak skeletonizer moth (Bucculatrix ainsliella) cocoon
Oak skeletonizer moth (Bucculatrix ainsliella) damage
Promethea silkmoth caterpillar
Brazilian skipper larva
Brazilian skipper larva
Poison ivy leaf-miner
Cameraria leaf mine
Eupatorium borer moth
Ironweed clearwing
The bride
Celastrina
Summer azure
Orange-collared scape moth
Hornworm parasitoid wasp
Tobacco hornworm
Crambid moth
Sweetfern geometer moth
Delicate Cycnia moth
Monarch caterpillar
Monarch caterpillar
Monarch chrysalis
Monarch chrysalis
Monarch butterflies
Monarch egg
Monarch egg
Monarch egg
Monarch egg
Monarch egg
Monarch caterpillar
Monarch butterfly
Virginia creeper sphinx
Southern tussock moth caterpillar
Southern tussock moth caterpillar
Banded orange
Bad-wing moth
Bad-wing moth
Reakirt's blue
Reakirt's blue
Squash vine borer moth
Squash vine borer moth eggs
Squash vine borer moth eggs
Squash vine borer moth
Morning glory plume moth
Morning glory plume moth
Morning glory plume moth
Morning glory plume moth
Mournful sphinx
Tulip-tree beauty
Zarucco duskywing larva
Zarucco duskywing larva
American common pug
Curve-tooth geometrid
Curve-toothed geometer moth caterpillar
Curve-toothed geometer moth caterpillar
Shaler's Fabiola moth
Planthopper parasite moth (Fulgoraecia exigua)
Planthopper parasite moth caterpillar
Planthopper parasite moth cocoon
Planthopper parasite moth caterpillar
Planthopper parasite moth caterpillar
Planthopper parasite moth caterpillar
Planthopper parasite moth
Planthopper parasite moth cocoon
Goldenrod elliptical-gall moth
Sycamore tussock moth caterpillar
Sycamore tussock moth caterpillar
Grapeleaf skeletonizer moth
Hummingbird clearwing moth
Snowberry clearwing moth
Snowberry clearwing moth
Snowberry clearwing moth
Hummingbird clearwing moth
Hummingbird clearwing moth
Hummingbird and snowberry clearwing moths
Hummingbird clearwing moth
Hummingbird clearwing moth
Hummingbird clearwing moth
Hummingbird clearwing moth
Hummingbird clearwing moth
Hummingbird clearwing moth
Hummingbird clearwing moth
Hummingbird clearwing moth
Western branded skipper
Western branded skipper
Green cloverworm moth
Giant leopard moth caterpillar
Giant leopard moth
Graylet moth caterpillar
Graylet moth caterpillar
Fall webworm moth
Red-spotted purple caterpillar
Mousy plume moth
Lochmaeus caterpillar
Hobomok skippers
Zabulon skipper
Gypsy moth
Gypsy moth
Spongy moth caterpillar
Hemlock angle
Sulphur angle caterpillar
Rustic sphinx moth
Tobacco hornworm
Opuntia leaf miner
Opuntia leaf miner
Southern flannel moth
Squash vine borer moth eggs
Squash vine borer moth eggs
Squash vine borer moth larva
Squash vine borer moth larva
Squash vine borer moth stem damage
Common fungus moth
Blacklighting for moths
Cutworm moth eggs
Asimina webworm moth
White-marked tussock moth
White-marked tussock moth eggs
White-marked tussock moth eggs
Pandora sphinx moth
Eastern tiger swallowtail
Eastern tiger swallowtails
Eastern tiger swallowtail
Eastern tiger swallowtail
Black swallowtail
Bluegrass webworm moth
Locust digitate leafminer moth
Raspberry crown borer
Pearl crescent
American grape leaf miner
Cabbage white
Small white caterpillar
Artichoke plume moth
Prococera sp.
Dotted leaftier larva
Dotted leaftier larva
Dotted leaftier larva
Dotted leaftier larva
Common bagworm moth larva
Bagworm
Meal moth
Raspberry Pyrausta moth
Coffee-loving pyrausta moth
Citrine sallow larva
Orange-patched smoky moth
Isabella tiger moth
Yellow-vested moth
Yellow-vested moth leaf retreat
Eggplant webworm
Eggplant webworm
Assembly moth
Salvinia stem borer moth
Banded hairstreak
Striped hairstreak eating mountain laurel flower
Checkered-fringe prominent
Dark brown Scoparia moth
Dark brown Scoparia moth
Pale-edged Selenisa caterpillar
Pale-edged Selenisa
Pale-edged Selenisa caterpillar
Pale-edged Selenisa caterpillar
Greater fritillary
Common great spangled fritillary
Great spangled fritillary
Common great spangled fritillary
Stigmella rhoifoliella
Gray hairstreak
Sunflower bud moth gall
Wavy-lined emerald caterpillar
Syssphinx
Evergreen bagworm moth
Evergreen bagworm
Evergreen bagworm moth
Evergreen bagworm
Evergreen bagwoom moth
Evergreen bagwoom
Caterpillar in retreat

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