Photo Gallery: Butterflies and Moths
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- American Lady Butterfly (Vanessa virginiensis) (Boothbay, Maine; 9/1/2008) (also called American Painted Lady and very similar to Vanessa cardui)
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- Autumnal Moth (Epirrita autumnata) (Etna, ME; 10/11/2022)
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- Bella Moth / Beautiful Utetheisa (Tiger Moth)
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- Eastern Black Swallowtail Butterfly (male) — Papilio polyxenes (Etna, ME; 6/19/2019)
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- 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)
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- Eastern Black Swallowtail Butterfly — Papilio polyxenes (Etna, ME; 6/19/2019)
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- Browntail Moths; note the brown ‘tail’ at the end of the abdomen (Kennebec County, Maine, 7/1/2021)
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- Browntail Moth (southern Penobscot County, Maine; 6/28/2021)
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- Cabbage White (Pieris rapae) (male) (adult stage of the Imported Cabbageworm)
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- Cabbage White (Pieris rapae) (male) (central Maine; emerged indoors and photographed on 1/5/2023) (staff photo)
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- Cecropia Moth
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- Cecropia Moth (Hyalophora cecropia)
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- Chain-dotted/Chainspotted Geometer Moth (Cingilia catenaria) (Grand Lake Stream, ME; 10/2/2022) (Photo courtesy of Downeast Lakes Land Trust)
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- Case-bearing Clothes Moth (Tinea pellionella)
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- Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice) (Monhegan, ME; 9/12/2011)
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- Clymene Moth (Haploa clymene) (Etna, ME; 8/2/2020)
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- Codling Moth (Cydia pomonella)
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- Common Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia) (Etna, Maine; 6/18/2008)
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- Common Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia) (Etna, Maine; 6/18/2008)
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- Moth Stage (Corn Earworm)
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- Curve-toothed Geometer (Eutrapela clemataria) (highly resembles a dead leaf) (Stetson, ME; 5/17/2021)
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- Curve-toothed Geometer (Eutrapela clemataria) (Stetson, ME; 5/17/2021)
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- Curve-toothed Geometer (Eutrapela clemataria) resting on a lamp shade (Stetson, ME; 5/14/2021)
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- Diamondback Moth
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- Eastern Hemlock Looper (Lambdina fiscellaria) (resting by a porch light in Stetson, Maine; 9/15/2019)
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- Eastern Hemlock Looper (Lambdina fiscellaria) (Farmington, Maine; 9/8/2020) (Photo courtesy of Hannah A.)
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- Eastern Pine Elfin (Callophrys niphon) (Orono, ME; 5/9/2022) (Photo credit: courtesy of Edward S. Grew)
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- Eastern Tailed-Blue Butterfly (Etna, ME; 5/18/2012)
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- Fall Webworm Moth
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- Garden Tiger Moth / Great Tiger Moth (Arctia caja)
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- Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly (Boothbay, Maine; 8/26/2010) (very similar to the Aphrodite Fritillary)
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- Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly (Speyeria cybele; Boothbay, Maine; 8/26/2010)
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- Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly (Boothbay, Maine; 8/26/2010) (older specimen)
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- Horned Spanworm Moth (a.k.a. Filament Bearer) (shown with the empty pupa from which it emerged) (Washington County, Maine; 9/29/2008)
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- Hummingbird Clearwing Moth
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- Hummingbird Clearwing Moth
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- Plodia interpunctella moth
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- Plodia interpunctella moth (newly-emerged; 4/23/2021)
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- Large Tolype (Orono, ME; 9/23/2020)
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- Luna Moth
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- Luna Moth
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- Meal Moth (Pyralis farinalis) (central Maine; 5/3/2021)
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- Monarch Butterfly
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- Monarch Butterfly feeding on a red clover blossom; 8/20/2018. Turner, Maine.
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- A Monarch chrysalis a few days away from butterfly emergence (8/29/2006)
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- A Monarch chrysalis in an advanced stage (final minutes before adult emergence)
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- 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)
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- Mourning Cloak Butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa)
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- Mourning Cloak Butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa) (Etna, ME; 7/21/2020)
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- Northern Pearly-eye Butterfly (Lethe anthedon) (7/6/2009; Etna, Maine)
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- Northern Petrophora Moth (Petrophora subaequaria) (Old Town, ME; 5/10/2022) (Photo credit: courtesy of Edward S. Grew)
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- One-eyed Sphinx Moth (Smerinthus cerisyi) (Stetson, Maine; 6/12/2012)
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- Painted Lady Butterfly (Vanessa cardui) (Schoodic Point in Winter Harbor, Maine; 10/10/2017)
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- Painted Lady Butterfly (Vanessa cardui) (Camden, Maine; 8/14/2017)
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- Polyphemus Moth (Etna, Maine; 6/30/2012)
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- Powder Moth (Eufidonia notataria) (Etna, ME; 5/26/2021)
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- Red Admiral Butterfly (Stetson, Maine; 6/12/2012)
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- Rosy Maple Moth (Dryocampa rubicunda) (Etna, ME; 6/19/2021)
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- Rosy Maple Moth (older specimen) (Dryocampa rubicunda) (Etna, ME; 5/27/2021)
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- Small Magpie Moth (Anania hortulata) (Etna, ME; 6/23/2009)
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- Spruce Budworm (pupal stage)
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- Spongy Moth (Lymantria dispar) (female) (Dixmont, ME; 7/12/2021)
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- A pair of Lymantria dispar pupae
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- Spongy Moth (Lymantria dispar) (male)
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- Spruce Budworm
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- Venerable Dart (male) (Agrotis venerabilis) (Stetson, Maine; 9/14/2021)
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- Venerable Dart (male) (Agrotis venerabilis) (Stetson, Maine; 9/14/2021)
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- Virgin Tiger Moth (Etna, ME; 7/24/2020) (very similar to a Parthenice Tiger Moth)
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)
- Bella Moth / Beautiful Utetheisa
- Black Swallowtail / Eastern Black Swallowtail (University of Florida)
- Browntail Moth/Caterpillar
- 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)
- 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
- Hemlock Looper
- Horned Spanworm (Butterflies and Moths of North America Project)
- Hummingbird Clearwing Moths (or Hummingbird Hawk-moths) (USGS) | Caterpillar stage (University of Missouri)
- Imported Cabbageworm Moth (known as Small White or Small Cabbage White)
- Indian Meal Moth
- Large Tolype (BugGuide.net)
- Luna Moth
- Lymantria dispar
- Meal Moth (BugGuide.net)
- Monarch Butterfly
- Mourning Cloak (The Butterflies and Moths of North America project)
- 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
- Polyphemus Moth (Butterflies and Moths of North America Project)
- Powder Moth (BugGuide.net)
- Red Admiral (BugGuide.net)
- Rosy Maple Moth (BugGuide.net)
- Small Magpie Moth (BugGuide.net)
- Small White / Small Cabbage White
- Sphinx Moths (USGS)
- Spongy Moth
- Spruce Budworm (BugGuide.net)
- Venerable Dart (BugGuide.net)
- Virgin Tiger Moth (BugGuide.net)
- Winter Moth (Maine Forest Service)
- Woollybear Moths (BugGuide.net): Banded Woollybear (Isabella Tiger Moth) and Yellow Woollybear (Virginian Tiger Moth)