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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)

: Blinded Sphinx (Paonias excaecata) (Mercer, ME; 7/28/2025) (Photo courtesy of R. Beaulier)

: 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 (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)

: Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio canadensis) (Saco, ME; 7/6/2025) (Photo courtesy of Taylor Leonardi)

: Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio canadensis) (Saco, ME; 7/6/2025) (Photo courtesy of Taylor Leonardi)

: 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)

: 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) (larvae feed on the leaves of ash, basswood, birch, elm, fir, maple, poplar, willow, and other trees)

: 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 Panthea (Panthea furcilla) (Mercer, ME; 7/28/2025) (Photo courtesy of R. Beaulier)

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

: Eastern Tailed-Blue Butterfly (Cupido comyntas) (Hollis, ME; 7/12/2025) (Photo courtesy of Dave Thompson)

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

: Eastern Tent Moth (Malacosoma americana) (Etna, ME; 6/29/2022)

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

: Hobomok Skipper (Lon hobomok) (Hollis, ME; 7/12/2025) (Photo courtesy of Dave Thompson)

: 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)

: Aphrodite Fritillary (Speyeria aphrodite) (Hollis, ME; 7/12/2025) (Photo courtesy of Dave Thompson)

: 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)

: Hibiscus Leaf Caterpillar Moth (Rusicada privata) perched on a cluster of elderberries (St. George, ME; 8/26/2025) (Photo courtesy of B. Mroz)

: Hickory Tussock (Lophocampa caryae) (Etna, ME; 6/20/2021)

: 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)

: Lesser Maple Spanworm (Macaria pustularia) (Alfred, ME; 6/27/2025) (Photo courtesy of Judee Meyer)

: 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)

: Red-fringed Emerald (Nemoria bistriaria) (2/6/2025 – emerged indoors; Gray, ME) (Photo courtesy of Jenni Cappello)

: 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 (female; the tip of her egg mass is visible beneath her) (Dixmont, ME; 7/12/2021)

: A pair of Spongy Moth pupae

: Spongy Moth (Lymantria dispar) (male)

: Spruce Budworm (pupal stage)

: Spruce Budworm

: Squash Vine Borer Moth (Eichlinia cucurbitae) (a day-active moth that is a fairly convincing wasp mimic) (Bangor, ME; 7/8/2025)

: 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)

Additional Photos and Information: American Lady / American Painted Lady (BugGuide.net) (Comparison with a Painted Lady) Aphrodite Fritillary (BugGuide.net) 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) Blinded Sphinx