Butterflies, Moths and Caterpillars

1 Black-waved Flannel Moth caterpillar (also called a "Puss Moth").  These are dangerous and can produce a very painful sting.	2 Spicebush Swallowtail	3 Spicebush Swallowtail	4 Orange-barred Sulphur--male.  (ID courtesy of Vernon Antoine Brou Jr.)
5 Gulf Fritillary	6 Fiery Skipper	7 Long-tailed Skipper	8 Spicebush Swallowtail
9 Pearl Crescent	10 Monarch caterpillar--feeds solely on milkweed leaves.  May be safely picked up.	11 Monarch chrysalis	12 Ocola Skipper
13 Monarch--female	14 Tiger Swallowtail	15 Monarch on Milkweed	16 Gulf Fritillary
17 Gulf Fritillary	18 Variegated Fritillary	19 Common Buckeye	20 Monarch laying an egg
21 A pair o' "Puss Moth" caterpillars.  Do not touch them.	22 Painted Lady	23 Ailanthus Webworm Moth	24 Monarchs
25 Ocola Skipper	26 Monarch close-up	27 Long-tailed Skipper caterpillar on a bean leaf	28 Likely a Red-banded Hairstreak
29 Black Swallowtail--female	30 Horace's Duskywing (ID courtesy of Phil Fischer)	31 Fiery Skipper (in one end and out the other)	32 Giant Swallowtail
33 Monarch	34 Black Swallowtail caterpillar--feeds on fennel, dill or parsley.  May be safely picked up.	35 Viceroy	36 Viceroy
37 Common Checkered Skipper	38 Phaon Crescent	39 Cloudless Sulphur caterpillar	40 Cloudless Sulphur
41 A monarch caterpillar turning into a chrysalis (2210K)	42 A Monarch chrysalis hatching (2399K)	43 Gulf Fritillary butterfly hatch (2609K)	44 Gulf Fritillary caterpillar. This is a harmless caterpillar despite the dangerous looking "spines" which are actually soft and only for show.  May be safely picked up.
45 Monarch caterpillar--this caterpillar is harmless and, if found on a milkweed plant with all the leaves eaten, may be safely and gently picked up and moved  to another milkweed plant.	46 Cloudless Sulphurs mating	47 Gulf Fritillary laying another egg.	48 A Monarch "zipping up" its proboscis. (570 K)
49 Sleepy Orange	50 Newly-hatched Gulf Fritillary	51 Monarch egg	52 Newly-hatched Monarch
53 Red Admiral	54 Red Admiral	55 Monarchs mating	56 A young Black Swallowtail caterpillar about 1/2" long
57 An older Black Swallowtail caterpillar about 2" long	58 Smartweed caterpillar--don't pick this one up.	59 Smartweed caterpillar	60 Salt Marsh caterpillar--don't pick this one up.
61 Monarch on Milkweed	62 Gulf Fritillaries mating	63 Gulf Fritillary laying an egg	64 Monarch with backlit wings
65 Horace's Duskywing	66 Painted Lady on a Zinnia	67 Queen butterfly	68 Male Queen butterfly
69 Ailanthus Webworm Moth	70 Long-tailed Skipper	71 A cluster of Viceroy butterflies	72 Likely a Gray Hairstreak
73 Red Admiral	74 American Lady	75 Black Swallowtail caterpillar	76 Black Swallowtail chrysalis
77 Newly-hatched Black Swallowtail female	78 Newly-hatched Black Swallowtail	79 Gulf Fritillaries mating	80 Black Swallowtail caterpillar
81 Pearl Crescent	82 Pearl Crescent	83 Gulf Fritillaries mating	84 Gulf Fritillary
85 Gulf Fritillary	86 Gulf Fritillary caterpillar	87 Pearl Crescent	88 Cloudless Sulphur
89 Spicebush Swallowtail underside	90 Likely a Morning Glory Plume moth	91 Gulf Fritillary	92 Giant Swallowtail
93 Underside of a Giant Swallowtail	94 Black Swallowtail caterpillars	95 Female Black Swallowtail	96 Fiery Skipper
97 American Lady	98 Gulf Fritillary	99 Gulf Fritillaries mating	100 Monarch
101 Gulf Fritillary caterpillar on Passion Vine	102 Giant Swallowtail	103 Question Mark	104 Common Checkered Skipper
105 Likely a Gray Hairstreak	106 Ocola Skipper	107 Gulf Fritillary	108 Phaon Crescent
109 Phaon Crescent	110 Monarch	111 Fiery Skipper	112 Fiery Skipper
113 Spicebush Swallowtail	114 Buckeye	115 Monarch laying eggs	116 Laudable Arches moth
117 Big and little Monarch caterpillars	118 Monarch chrysalises	119 Newly-hatched Monarch	120 Fiery Skipper
121 Newly-hatched male Black Swallowtail	122 Same male Black Swallowtail as pic 119	123 Newly-hatched Gulf Fritillary	124 Giant Swallowtail
125 Tobacco hornworm by Keith Ibos	126 Gulf Fritillary	127 Common Buckeye	128 Viceroy
129 Common Buckeye	130 A well-worn Phaon Crescent	131 Little Yellow Sulphur (about the size of a quarter)	132 Black Swallowtail caterpillar
133 Black Swallowtail caterpillar	134 Gulf Fritillary caterpillars	135 Cloudless Sulphur	136 Gulf Fritillary
137 Gulf Fritillary	138 American Lady	139 Viceroy	140 Giant Swallowtail
141 Male Tiger Swallowtail	142 Female Tiger Swallowtail	143 Phaon Crescent	144 Female Pipevine Swallowtail
145 Male Fiery Skipper	146 Ocola Skipper	147 Ocola Skipper	148 Viceroy
149 Mocis marcida moth (ID courtesy of Vernon Antoine Brou Jr. via Linda Auld)	150 Fiery Skipper	151 Unk. Sulphur	152 Long-tailed Skipper
153 Long-tailed Skipper	154 Gray Hairstreak	155 Northern Cloudywing	156 Orange-barred Sulphur
157 Gulf Fritillary laying an egg	158 Spicebush Swallowtail	159 Newly hatched Gulf Fritillary butterfly and Fritillary caterpillar	160 Close-up of Fritillary  caterpillar in photo #159
161 Long-tailed Skipper	162 Gulf Fritillaries mating	163 Little Yellow	164 Gulf Fritillary
165 Smartweed Caterpillar	166 Little Yellow	167 Giant Swallowtail	168 Monarch
169 Red Admiral	170 Red Admiral	171 Black Swallowtail caterpillar on fennel	172 Black Swallowtail caterpillar preparing to turn into a chrysalis
173 Same Black Swallowtail caterpillar as #172 now turned into a chrysalis	174 Giant Swallowtail	175 Lont-tailed Skipper	176 Monarch caterpillar
177 Monarch caterpillar	178 Painted Lady	179 Giant Swallowtail	180 A worn Viceroy
181 Viceroy	182 Plume Moth (from the archives)	183 Ocola Skipper	184 Red-spotted Purple by Karen Fischer
185 Spicebush Swallowtail	186 Long-tailed Skipper	187 Long-tailed Skipper	188 Long-tailed Skipper
189 Cloudless Sulphur	190 Painted Lady	191 Newly hatched Gulf Fritillary	192 An old Viceroy
193 Female Spicebush Swallowtail	194 Female Spicebush Swallowtail	195 Ocola Skipper (at top) and a likely Fiery Skipper below	196 Long-tailed Skipper
197 Red-banded Hairstreak (ID courtesy of Vernon Antoine Brou Jr.)	198 American Snout	199 Black Swallowtail	200 Black Swallowtail caterpillar
201 Black Swallowtail chrysalis	202 Black Swallowtails mating	203 Viceroy	204 Viceroy
205 Newly-hatched Gulf Fritlllary	206 Cloudless Sulphur	207 Cloudless Sulphur	208 Viceroy
209 Monarch	210 Long-tailed Skipper	211 Ocola Skipper	212 Common Checkered Skipper
213 Northern Cloudywing	214 Fiery Skipper	215 Newly-hatched Monarch	216 Black Swallowtail caterpillar
217 Painted Lady	218 Giant Swallowtail	219 Gulf Fritillary	220 Monarch
221 Black Swallowtail	222 Giant Swallowtail	223 A well-worn Long-tailed Skipper	224 Painted Lady
225 Spicebush Swallowtail	226 Monarch	227 Ocola Skipper	228 Gulf Fritillary
229 Southern Dogface	230 Monarch caterpillar	231 Pearl Crescent	232 Gulf Fritillary caterpillar
233 Monarch egg laying	234 Monarch	235 Giant Swallowtail	236 Gulf Fritillary on hummingbird feeder
237 Cloudless Sulphur	238 Monarch	239 Long-tailed Skipper	240 Monarch caterpillar
241 Cloudless Sulphur	242 Northern Cloudywing	243 Ocola Skipper	244 Spicebush Swallowtail
245 Gulf Fritillary	246 Gulf Fritillary	247 Red Admiral	248 Giant Swallowtail
249 Monarch laying an egg	250 Viceroy	251 Spotted Beet Webworm Moth	252 Spotted Beet Webworm Moth
253 Gulf Fritillary	254 Ailanthus Webworm Moth	255 Long-tailed Skipper	256 Viceroy
257 Gulf Fritillary	258 Long-tailed Skipper	259 Gulf Fritillary	260 Gulf Fritillary
261 Viceroy	262 Little Yellow	263 Monarch caterpillar	264 Fiery Skipper
265 Giant Swallowtail	266 Eastern Amberwing	267 Long-tailed Skipper	268 Long-tailed Skipper
269 Northern Cloudywing	270 Withered Mocis Moth	271 Monarch	272 Monarch
273 Long-tailed Skipper	274 Fiery Skipper	275 Fiery Skipper	276 Painted Lady
277 Monarch	278 Fiery Skipper	279 Skipper	280 Gray Hairstreak
281 Long-tailed Skipper	282 Long-tailed Skipper	283 Little Yellow	284 Buckeye
285 Buckeye	286 Buckeye	287 Buckeye	288 Phaon Crescents
289 Viceroy	290 Phaon Crescent	291 Spicebush Swallowtail	292 Spicebush Swallowtail
293 Spicebush Swallowtail	294 Spicebush Swallowtail	295 Ailanthus Webworm Moth	296 Long-tailed Skipper
297 Phaon Crescent	298 Squash Vine Borer (this is a moth)	299 Squash Vine Borer	300 Spicebush Swallowtail
301 Cloudless Sulphur	302 Fiery Skipper	303 Northern Cloudywing