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)


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:


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)