{"id":11036,"date":"2020-12-16T19:47:50","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T00:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/?page_id=11036"},"modified":"2025-02-27T14:25:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T19:25:22","slug":"butterflies-moths","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/butterflies-moths\/","title":{"rendered":"Butterflies &amp; Moths"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em>See also our photo collections of <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/critter-id\/photo-gallery\/photos-caterpillars-to-adults\/\">Caterpillars<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/critter-id\/photo-gallery\/photos-butterflies-and-moths\/\">Butterflies and Moths<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"7004\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/12\/PaintedLady-101017.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7004 \" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/12\/PaintedLady-101017-1024x693.jpg\" alt=\"photo of a Painted Lady butterfly\" width=\"538\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/12\/PaintedLady-101017-1024x693.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/12\/PaintedLady-101017-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/12\/PaintedLady-101017-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/12\/PaintedLady-101017-105x71.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/12\/PaintedLady-101017-317x214.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/12\/PaintedLady-101017-423x286.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/12\/PaintedLady-101017-634x429.jpg 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/12\/PaintedLady-101017-846x572.jpg 846w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/12\/PaintedLady-101017-951x643.jpg 951w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/12\/PaintedLady-101017.jpg 1066w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,538px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Painted Lady Butterfly (Schoodic Point in Winter Harbor, Maine; 10\/10\/2017)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>American Lady \/ American Painted Lady<\/strong><\/a> (<em>very<\/em> similar to a Painted Lady) (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/9737\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Autumnal Moth<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/541\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Banded Tussock Moth<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/beautiful-utetheisa\/\"><strong>Bella Moth \/ Beautiful Utetheisa<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/21195\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Black-patched Clepsis Moth<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Black-Swallowtail-Caterpillar-082818a.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Black Swallowtail Caterpillar<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Black-Swallowtail-Butterfly-061919b.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Black Swallowtail Butterfly<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/12\/Brown-hoodedOwlet.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Brown-hooded Owlet Caterpillar<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/brown-tail-moth\/\"><strong>Browntail Moth\/Caterpillar<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/imported-cabbageworm\/\"><strong>Cabbage White Butterfly<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.fed.us\/foresthealth\/technology\/pdfs\/Caterpillars_of_Eastern_Forests.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Caterpillars of Eastern Forests<\/strong><\/a> (US Forest Service)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/cecropia-moth\/\"><strong>Cecropia Moth<\/strong><\/a><b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/32338\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Chain-dotted\/Chainspotted Geometer Moth<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/clothes-moths\/\"><b>Clothes Moths<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/12864\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Clouded Sulphur<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/4371\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Clymene Moth<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/codling-moth\/\"><strong>Codling Moth<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/3819\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Common Ringlet<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/corn-earworm\/\"><strong>Corn Earworm<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/475\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Curve-toothed Geometer<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/diamondback-moth\/\"><strong>Diamondback Moth<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/464\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Eastern Tailed-Blue<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/eastern-tent-caterpillars\/\"><b>Eastern Tent Caterpillars<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/euonymus-caterpillars\/\"><b>Euonymus Caterpillars<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/3252\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>European Skipper \/ Essex Skipper<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/fall-webworm\/\"><strong>Fall Webworm<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/indian-meal-moth\/\"><strong><b>Flour Moth \/ Indian Meal Moth<\/b><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/forest-tent-caterpillars\/\">Forest Tent Caterpillars<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/01\/GaliumSphinx-102219.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Galium Sphinx Caterpillar<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butterfliesandmoths.org\/species\/Arctia-caja\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Garden Tiger Moth<\/strong><\/a> (Butterflies and Moths of North America Project)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butterfliesandmoths.org\/species\/Speyeria-cybele\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Great Spangled Fritillary<\/strong><\/a> (Butterflies and Moths of North America Project)<\/li>\n<li><strong>G**** Moth<\/strong> \u2014 <em>find it now by its new name of<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/lymantria-dispar\/\"><strong>Spongy Moth<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/13846\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Half-Wing<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/hemlock-looper\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Hemlock Looper<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/hickory-tussock-moth\/\"><b>Hickory Tussock Caterpillar<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butterfliesandmoths.org\/species\/Nematocampa-resistaria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Horned Spanworm<\/strong><\/a> (Butterflies and Moths of North America Project)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/2638\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Hummingbird Clearwing Moth<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/imported-cabbageworm\/\"><strong>Imported Cabbageworm<\/strong><\/a> (known in its adult butterfly stage as a Cabbage White, Small White or Small Cabbage White)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/indian-meal-moth\/\"><strong>Indian Meal Moth<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butterfliesandmoths.org\/species\/Automeris-io\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Io Moth<\/strong><\/a> (Butterflies and Moths of North America Project) (<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/01\/Io-Caterpillar-081119.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Io Caterpillar photo<\/strong><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/3054\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Large Tolype<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/18403\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Little Glassywing Skipper<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><b><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/22232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Laugher<\/a> <\/b>(BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Luna Moth<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/entnemdept.ufl.edu\/creatures\/misc\/moths\/luna_moth.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Luna Moth<\/strong><\/a> (University of Florida)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butterfliesandmoths.org\/species\/Actias-luna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Luna Moth<\/strong><\/a> (Butterflies and Moths of North America)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/lymantria-dispar\/\"><strong>Lymantria dispar<\/strong><\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/lymantria-dispar\/\"><strong> \/ Spongy Moth<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/12988\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Meal Moth<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butterfliesandmoths.org\/species\/Euchaetes-egle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Milkweed Tussock Caterpillar<\/b><\/a> (also known as a Milkweed Tiger Moth caterpillar) (Butterflies and Moths of North America Project)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/monarch\/\">Monarch Butterfly<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butterfliesandmoths.org\/species\/Nymphalis-antiopa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Mourning Cloak<\/strong><\/a> (The Butterflies and Moths of North America project)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/13380\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Mustard White<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/3940\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Northern Pearly-eye Butterfly<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/40677\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Northern Petrophora Moth<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/24880\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>One-eyed Sphinx Moth<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butterfliesandmoths.org\/species\/Vanessa-cardui\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Painted Lady<\/a><\/b> (Butterflies and Moths of North America Project)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/parthenice-tiger-moth\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Parthenice Tiger Moth<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/3057\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Pearly Wood Nymph<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/402\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Pink-striped Oakworm Moth<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butterfliesandmoths.org\/species\/Antheraea-polyphemus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Polyphemus Moth<\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(Butterflies and Moths of North America Project)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/20741\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Powder Moth<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/448\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Red Admiral<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/466\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Rosy Maple Moth<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butterfliesandmoths.org\/species\/Acharia-stimulea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Saddleback Moth<\/strong><\/a> (The Butterflies and Moths of North America project)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/131\/bgpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Slug Caterpillars<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/3713\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Small-eyed Sphinx Moth<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/10911\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Small Magpie Moth<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/imported-cabbageworm\/\"><strong>Small White \/ Small Cabbage White<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/2639\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Snowberry Clearwing<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butterfliesandmoths.org\/taxonomy\/Sphingidae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Sphinx Moths<\/b><\/a><\/strong> (USGS)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/lymantria-dispar\/\"><strong>Spongy Moth<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><b><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/35699\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spruce Budworm<\/a> <\/b><\/strong>(BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tent Caterpillars<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/eastern-tent-caterpillars\/\"><b>Eastern Tent Caterpillars<\/b><\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/forest-tent-caterpillars\/\"><strong>Forest Tent Caterpillars<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/tussock-moth-caterpillars\/\"><strong>Tussock Caterpillars<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/9846\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Venerable Dart<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/3068\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Virgin Tiger Moth<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Virginian Tiger Moth<\/strong><\/a> (often mistaken in Maine for the Browntail Moth) (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maine.gov\/dacf\/mfs\/forest_health\/insects\/winter_moth.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Winter Moth<\/strong><\/a> (Maine Forest Service)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Woollybear Caterpillars <\/strong>(University of Missouri Extension)<strong>: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/extension.missouri.edu\/publications\/DisplayPub.aspx?P=IPM1019-5#Banded\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Banded Woollybear<\/b><\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/extension.missouri.edu\/publications\/DisplayPub.aspx?P=IPM1019-54#Yellowwoollybear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Yellow Woollybear<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Woollybear Moths <\/strong>(BugGuide.net)<strong>: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/539\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Banded Woollybear (Isabella Tiger Moth)<\/b><\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Yellow Woollybear (Virginian Tiger Moth)<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/12522\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Yellow-striped Armyworm<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net) [<strong><em>see also<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/entnemdept.ufl.edu\/creatures\/veg\/leaf\/yellowstriped_armyworm.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Yellowstriped Armyworm<\/strong><\/a> (Univ. of Florida)]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See also our photo collections of Caterpillars and Butterflies and Moths American Lady \/ American Painted Lady (very similar to a Painted Lady) (BugGuide.net) Autumnal Moth (BugGuide.net) Banded Tussock Moth (BugGuide.net) Bella Moth \/ Beautiful Utetheisa Black-patched Clepsis Moth (BugGuide.net) Black Swallowtail Caterpillar and Black Swallowtail Butterfly Brown-hooded Owlet Caterpillar Browntail Moth\/Caterpillar Cabbage White Butterfly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":0,"parent":71,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11036","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Butterflies &amp; Moths - Home and Garden IPM from Cooperative Extension - University of Maine Cooperative Extension<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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