Photo Gallery: Caterpillars and what they Become
See also our Sawflies category at the bottom of the page!
Our page includes caterpillars for which we do not as yet have corresponding moth or butterfly photos | See also: Caterpillars of Eastern Forests (PDF) (US Forest Service)
- Black Swallowtail / Eastern Black Swallowtail (University of Florida)
- Browntail Moth/Caterpillar
- Cecropia Moth
- Cutworms
- Eastern Tent Caterpillars
- Euonymus Caterpillars
- Fall Webworm
- Forest Tent Caterpillars
- Garden Tiger Moth (Butterflies and Moths of North America Project)
- Green-striped Mapleworm / Rosy Maple Moth (BugGuide.net)
- G**** Moth — find it now by its new name of Spongy Moth
- Hickory Tussock Caterpillar
- Hornworms
- Indian Meal Moth / Pantry Moth
- Laugher caterpillar
- Loopers (USGS)
- Luna Moth
- Milkweed Tussock Caterpillar (The Butterflies and Moths of North America project)
- Monarch Butterfly and Caterpillar
- Moths (The Butterflies and Moths of North America project)
- Mourning Cloak (The Butterflies and Moths of North America project)
- Painted Lady Butterfly
- Pantry Moth
- Polyphemus Moth (Butterflies and Moths of North America Project)
- Redhumped Caterpillars (Washington State University)
- Rosy Maple Moth (BugGuide.net)
- Slug Caterpillars (BugGuide.net)
- Spruce Budworm
- ‘The Laugher’ caterpillar
- Tobacco Hornworm
- Tomato Hornworm
- Tussock Caterpillars
- Virginia Ctenucha (Butterflies and Moths of North America project)
- Virginian Tiger Moth (BugGuide.net)
- Winter Moth (Maine Forest Service)
- Woollybear Moths (BugGuide.net): Banded Woollybear (Isabella Tiger Moth) and Yellow Woollybear (Virginian Tiger Moth)
- Yellownecked Caterpillars (Penn State University)
Various Other Caterpillars (with links to other sites for adult-stage images):
See also: Caterpillars of Eastern Forests (PDF) (US Forest Service) and some examples of sawfly larvae which highly resemble caterpillars (scroll to bottom of page).
Links to Images of Adult Stage:
- American Dagger Moth (Butterflies and Moths of North America Project)
- American Lappet Moth (BugGuide.net)
- Banded Tussock (BugGuide.net)
- Beautiful Wood-nymph (BugGuide.net) (caterpillar is very similar to the Eight-spotted Forester except for the absence of hairs on its body)
- Brown-hooded Owlet Moth (Butterflies and Moths of North America Project)
- Common Stalk Borer (Iowa State University)
- Eastern Tent Caterpillar (moth stage) (BugGuide.net)
- Euonymus Moth (BugGuide.net)
- Fall Armyworm Moth (BugGuide.net)
- Forest Tent Caterpillar (moth stage) (BugGuide.net)
- Galium Sphinx Moth (BugGuide.net)
- Grey Furcula Moth (BugGuide.net)
- Hag Moth (BugGuide.net)
- Hickory Tussock (Hickory Tiger) (moth stage) (Butterflies and Moths of North America Project)
- Horned Spanworm (Butterflies and Moths of North America Project)
- Io Moth (Butterflies and Moths of North America Project)
- Large Gray Dagger (BugGuide.net)
- Laugher (Moth) (BugGuide.net)
- Laurel Sphinx Moth (Butterflies and Moths of North America Project)
- Milkweed Tussock Moth (also known as a Milkweed Tiger Moth) (Butterflies and Moths of North America Project)
- Northern Pine Sphinx Moth (BugGuide.net)
- Paddle Moth / Funerary Dagger Moth (rare) (BugGuide.net)
- Pandora Sphinx Moth (BugGuide.net)
- Saddled Prominent Moth (North American Moth Photographers Group)
- Slug Caterpillars (BugGuide.net)
- Saddleback Moth (Butterflies and Moths of North America project)
- Spiny Oak-slug Moth (BugGuide.net)
- Spotted Tussock Moth (Butterflies and Moths of North America Project)
- ‘The Laugher’ (Moth) (BugGuide.net)
- Tobacco Hornworm Moth (also called Carolina Sphinx) (Butterflies and Moths of North America Project)
- White-lined Sphinx Moth (BugGuide.net)
- White-streaked Prominent (BugGuide.net)
- Woollybear Moths (BugGuide.net): Banded Woollybear (Isabella Tiger Moth) and Yellow Woollybear (Virginian Tiger Moth)
- Yellownecked Moth (Butterflies and Moths of North America project)
- Yellowstriped Armyworm Moth (BugGuide.net)
For a listing of butterflies in Maine (with photos), visit the Maine Butterfly Survey site. And, for a comprehensive listing of backyard tree caterpillars (with photos), check out the USGS’s Caterpillars of Eastern Forests.
Examples of Sawfly Larvae:
Sawfly larvae look like caterpillars but they are actually the larvae of primitive wasp-like insects.
Sawflies:
Sawflies (adult sawflies are also called “Stingless wasps” because they highly resemble wasps but they do not sting)
- Elm Sawfly
- Dogwood Sawfly (Iowa State Univ Extension) (additional images, including the adult stage: BugGuide.net)
- European Apple Sawfly
- European Pine Sawfly
- Introduced Pine Sawfly
- White Pine Sawfly