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Photo Gallery: Butterflies and Moths

: American Lady Butterfly (Vanessa virginiensis) (Boothbay, Maine; 9/1/2008) (also called American Painted Lady and very similar to Vanessa cardui)

: Autumnal Moth (Epirrita autumnata) (Etna, ME; 10/11/2022)

: Banded Tussock Moth (Halysidota tessellaris) (Naples, ME; 6/18/2024) (Photo courtesy of M. Shepard)

: Bella Moth / Beautiful Utetheisa (Tiger Moth)

: Black-patched Clepsis Moth (Clepsis melaleucanus) (Host plant was a Rosa rugosa ‘Rubra’ rose; Etna, ME; 5/28/2024)

: Eastern Black Swallowtail Butterfly (male) — Papilio polyxenes (Etna, ME; 6/19/2019)

: Chrysalis of the Black Swallowtail, supported by two strands of silk called a silk girdle (‘brown’ form of chrysalis shown here; there is also a ‘green’ form which is green)

: Eastern Black Swallowtail Butterfly — Papilio polyxenes (Etna, ME; 6/19/2019)

: Browntail Moths; note the brown ‘tail’ at the end of the abdomen (Kennebec County, Maine, 7/1/2021)

: Browntail Moth (Etna, ME; 6/28/2021)

: Bruce Spanworm (Operophtera bruceata) (beneath a porch light) (Etna, ME; 11/5/2024)

: Bruce Spanworm (closer view) (Operophtera bruceata) (Etna, ME; 11/5/2024)

: Cabbage White (Pieris rapae) (male) (adult stage of the Imported Cabbageworm)

: Cabbage White (Pieris rapae) (male) (central Maine; emerged indoors and photographed on 1/5/2023) (staff photo)

: Cecropia Moth

: Cecropia Moth (Hyalophora cecropia)

: Chain-dotted/Chainspotted Geometer Moth (Cingilia catenaria) (Grand Lake Stream, ME; 10/2/2022) (Photo courtesy of Downeast Lakes Land Trust)

: Case-bearing Clothes Moth (Tinea pellionella)

: Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice) (Monhegan, ME; 9/12/2011)

: Clymene Moth (Haploa clymene) (Etna, ME; 8/2/2020)

: Codling Moth (Cydia pomonella)

: Common Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia) (Etna, Maine; 6/18/2008)

: Common Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia) (Etna, Maine; 6/18/2008)

: Moth Stage (Corn Earworm)

: Curve-toothed Geometer (Eutrapela clemataria) (highly resembles a dead leaf) (Stetson, ME; 5/17/2021)

: Curve-toothed Geometer (Eutrapela clemataria) (Stetson, ME; 5/17/2021)

: Curve-toothed Geometer (Eutrapela clemataria) resting on a lamp shade (Stetson, ME; 5/14/2021)

: Diamondback Moth

: Eastern Hemlock Looper (Lambdina fiscellaria) (resting by a porch light in Stetson, Maine; 9/15/2019)

: Eastern Hemlock Looper (Lambdina fiscellaria) (Farmington, Maine; 9/8/2020) (Photo courtesy of Hannah A.)

: Eastern Pine Elfin (Callophrys niphon) (Orono, ME; 5/9/2022) (Photo credit: courtesy of Edward S. Grew)

: Eastern Tailed-Blue Butterfly (Etna, ME; 5/18/2012)

: European Skipper / Essex Skipper (Thymelicus lineola) (North Anson, ME; 6/20/2024) (Photo courtesy of Carol Lehto)

: Little Glassywing Skipper (Pompeius verna) (North Anson, ME; 6/26/2024) (Photo courtesy of Carol Lehto)

: Fall Webworm Moth (see also an example of the spotted form of the fall webworm moth)

: Garden Tiger Moth / Great Tiger Moth (Arctia caja)

: Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly (Boothbay, Maine; 8/26/2010) (very similar to the Aphrodite Fritillary)

: Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly (Speyeria cybele; Boothbay, Maine; 8/26/2010)

: Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly (Boothbay, Maine; 8/26/2010) (older specimen)

: Half-Wing (Phigalia titea) (Orono, ME; 4/14/2023)

: Horned Spanworm Moth (a.k.a. Filament Bearer) (shown with the empty pupa from which it emerged) (Washington County, Maine; 9/29/2008)

: Hummingbird Clearwing Moth (Hemaris thysbe) getting nectar from Fireweed flowers (Columbia Falls, ME; 7/20/2005)

: Hummingbird Clearwing Moth (Hemaris thysbe) getting nectar from Fall Phlox flowers

: Io Moth (Automeris io) (St. George, ME; 6/25/2024) (Photo courtesy of B. Mroz)

: Pantry Moth / Flour Moth (Plodia interpunctella)

: Pantry Moth / Flour Moth (Plodia interpunctella) (newly-emerged; 4/23/2021)

: Large Tolype (Orono, ME; 9/23/2020)

: Luna Moth

: Luna Moth

: Meal Moth (Pyralis farinalis) (central Maine; 5/3/2021)

: Monarch Butterfly

: Monarch Butterfly feeding on a red clover blossom; 8/20/2018. Turner, Maine.

: A Monarch chrysalis a few days away from butterfly emergence (8/29/2006)

: A Monarch chrysalis in an advanced stage (final minutes before adult emergence)

: A Monarch butterfly newly-emerged (Their wings are small at first but within a matter of minutes they slowly expand to full size as fluid from the body is pumped into the wings)

: Mourning Cloak Butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa)

: Mourning Cloak Butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa) (Etna, ME; 7/21/2020)

: Mustard White (Pieris oleracea) (Orono, ME; 5/15/2024) (Photo courtesy of Edward S. Grew)

: Pair of Northern Crescent butterflies (Phyciodes cocyta) (Denmark, ME; 7/13/2024) (Photo courtesy of Elaine Ambrose)

: Group of Northern Crescent butterflies (Phyciodes cocyta) (Denmark, ME; 7/16/2024) (Photo courtesy of Elaine Ambrose)

: Northern Pearly-eye Butterfly (Lethe anthedon) (7/6/2009; Etna, Maine)

: Northern Petrophora Moth (Petrophora subaequaria) (Old Town, ME; 5/10/2022) (Photo credit: courtesy of Edward S. Grew)

: One-eyed Sphinx Moth (Smerinthus cerisyi) (Stetson, Maine; 6/12/2012)

: Painted Lady Butterfly (Vanessa cardui) (Schoodic Point in Winter Harbor, Maine; 10/10/2017)

: Painted Lady Butterfly (Vanessa cardui) (Camden, Maine; 8/14/2017)

: Pearly Wood Nymph (Eudryas unio) (very similar to the Beautiful Wood Nymph, Eudryas grata) (Alfred, ME; 7/9/2024) (Photo courtesy of Judee Meyer)

: Pearly Wood Nymph (Eudryas unio) (Alfred, ME; 7/9/2024) (Photo courtesy of Judee Meyer)

: Pink-striped Oakworm Moth (Anisota virginiensis) (male) (Alfred, ME; 6/8/2024) (Photo courtesy of Judee Meyer)

: Polyphemus Moth (Etna, Maine; 6/30/2012)

: Powder Moth (Eufidonia notataria) (Etna, ME; 5/26/2021)

: Red Admiral Butterfly (Stetson, Maine; 6/12/2012)

: Rosy Maple Moth (Dryocampa rubicunda) (Etna, ME; 6/19/2021)

: Rosy Maple Moth (older specimen) (Dryocampa rubicunda) (Etna, ME; 5/27/2021)

: Small-eyed Sphinx (Paonias myops) (Orono, ME; 6/26/2024)

: Small-eyed Sphinx (Paonias myops) (Orono, ME; 6/26/2024)

: Small Magpie Moth (Anania hortulata) (Etna, ME; 6/23/2009)

: Snowberry Clearwing (Hemaris diffinis) (Cape Elizabeth, ME; 7/23/2023) (Photo courtesy of Jeanne N.)

: Spongy Moth (Lymantria dispar) (female) (Dixmont, ME; 7/12/2021)

: A pair of Spongy Moth (Lymantria dispar) pupae

: Spongy Moth (Lymantria dispar) (male)

: Spruce Budworm (pupal stage)

: Spruce Budworm

: Venerable Dart (male) (Agrotis venerabilis) (Stetson, Maine; 9/14/2021)

: Venerable Dart (male) (Agrotis venerabilis) (Stetson, Maine; 9/14/2021)

: Virgin Tiger Moth (Etna, ME; 7/24/2020) (very similar to a Parthenice Tiger Moth)

: Virginia Ctenucha (Ctenucha virginica) on Valerian flowers (Orono, ME; 7/7/2022) (Photo credit: courtesy of Edward S. Grew)

: Virginia Ctenucha (Ctenucha virginica) (Pittston, ME; 6/24/2022)

See also: Butterflies and Moths of North America (The Butterflies and Moths of North America project)

Additional Photos and Information:

American Lady / American Painted Lady (BugGuide.net) (Comparison with a Painted Lady)
Autumnal Moth (BugGuide.net)
Banded Tussock Moth (BugGuide.net)
Bella Moth / Beautiful Utetheisa
Black-patched Clepsis Moth (BugGuide.net)
Black Swallowtail / Eastern Black Swallowtail (University of Florida)
Browntail Moth
Bruce Spanworm (BugGuide.net)
Cabbage White (BugGuide.net)
Cecropia Moth
Chain-dotted/Chainspotted Geometer Moth (BugGuide.net)
Clothes Moths
Clouded Sulphur (BugGuide.net)
Clymene Moth (BugGuide.net)
Codling Moth
Common Ringlet (BugGuide.net)
Corn Earworm
Curve-toothed Geometer (BugGuide.net)
Diamondback Moth
Eastern Hemlock Looper
Eastern Pine Elfin (BugGuide.net)
Eastern Tailed-Blue (BugGuide.net)
European Skipper / Essex Skipper (BugGuide.net)
Fall Webworm
Flour Moth / Indian Meal Moth
Garden Tiger Moth (Butterflies and Moths of North America Project)
Great Spangled Fritillary (Butterflies and Moths of North America Project)
G**** Moth — find it now by its new name of Spongy Moth
Half-Wing (BugGuide.net)
Hemlock Looper
Horned Spanworm (Butterflies and Moths of North America Project)
Hummingbird Clearwing Moth (BugGuide.net)
Imported Cabbageworm (butterfly) (known as Small White or Small Cabbage White)
Indian Meal Moth
Io Moth (Butterflies and Moths of North America Project)
Large Tolype (BugGuide.net)
Little Glassywing Skipper (BugGuide.net)
Luna Moth
- Luna Moth (University of Florida)
- Luna Moth (Butterflies and Moths of North America)
Lymantria dispar / Spongy Moth
Meal Moth (BugGuide.net)
Monarch Butterfly
Mourning Cloak (The Butterflies and Moths of North America project)
Mustard White (BugGuide.net)
Northern Crescent (BugGuide.net)
Northern Pearly-eye (BugGuide.net)
Northern Petrophora Moth (BugGuide.net)
One-eyed Sphinx Moth (BugGuide.net)
Painted Lady (Butterflies and Moths of North America Project)
Parthenice Tiger Moth
Pearly Wood Nymph (BugGuide.net)
Pink-striped Oakworm Moth (BugGuide.net)
Polyphemus Moth (Butterflies and Moths of North America Project)
Powder Moth (BugGuide.net)
Red Admiral (BugGuide.net)
Rosy Maple Moth (BugGuide.net)
Small-eyed Sphinx Moth (BugGuide.net)
Small Magpie Moth (BugGuide.net)
Small White / Small Cabbage White
Snowberry Clearwing (BugGuide.net)
Sphinx Moths (USGS)
Spongy Moth
Spruce Budworm (BugGuide.net)
Venerable Dart (BugGuide.net)
Virgin Tiger Moth (BugGuide.net)
Virginia Ctenucha (Butterflies and Moths of North America project)
Virginian Tiger Moth (often mistaken in Maine for the Browntail Moth) (BugGuide.net)
Winter Moth (Maine Forest Service)
Woollybear Moths (BugGuide.net): Banded Woollybear (Isabella Tiger Moth) and Yellow Woollybear (Virginian Tiger Moth)

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