This page is to help me remember the identities of caterpillars I’ve found at the farm. ‘T’ after a name means that the ID is tentative. (Click on a photo to see a larger version, or the link to my page about that insect.)
Butterflies:
Family Hesperiidae
- Amblyscirtes vialis – Common Roadside Skipper
- Epargyreus clarus – Silver-spotted Skipper
- Erynnis baptisiae – Wild Indigo Duskywing
- Erynnis lucilius – Columbine Duskywing
Family Lycaenidae
- Everes comyntas – Eastern Tailed Blue
- Everes comyntas – Eastern Tailed Blue
- Lycaena hyllus – Bronze Copper
- Satyrium calanus – Banded Hairstreak
Family Nymphalidae
- Chlosyne gorgone – Gorgone Checkerspot
- Chlosyne nycteis – Silvery Checkerspot
- Danaus plexippus – Monarch
- Euphydryas phaeton – Baltimore Checkerspot
- Junonia coenia – Common Buckeye
- Limenitis archippus – Viceroy
- Nymphalis antiopa – Mourning Cloak
- Nymphalis vaualbum – Compton Tortoiseshell
- Nymphalis vaualbum – Compton Tortoiseshell
- Nymphalis vaualbum – Compton Tortoiseshell
- Polygonia comma – Comma
- Polygonia interrogationis – Question Mark
- Speyeria cybele – Great Spangled Fritillary
- Vanessa atalanta – Red Admiral
- Vanessa cardui – Paintd Lady
- Vanessa virginiensis – American Lady
- Vanessa virginiensis – American Lady
Family Papilionidae
- Paplio cresphontes – Giant Swallowtail
- Papilio glaucus – Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Paplio polyxenes – Black Swallowtail
Family Pieridae
- Eurema lisa – Little Yellow
Moths:
Family Bombycidae
- Apatelodes torrefacta
Family Cosmopterigidae
- Limnaecia phragmitella
Family Crambidae
- Saucrobotys futilalis
Family Depressariidae
- Agonopterix clemensella
- Depressaria pastinacella
Family Drepanidae
- Drepana arcuata
Family Erebidae
- Caenurgina
- Catocala neogama T
- Catocala paleogama
- Ctenucha virginica
- Ctenucha virginica
- Ctenucha virginica
- Cycnia collaris
- Estigmene acrea
- Euchaetes egle
- Halysidota tessellaris
- Haploa contigua
- Haploa reversa
- Hypena abalienalis
- Hypercompe scribonia
- Orgyia leucostigma
- Palthis angulalis
- Pyrrharctia isabella
- Spilosoma virginica
Family Gelechiidae
- Anacampsis agrimoniella
- Dichomeris bilobella
Family Geometridae
- Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria
- Erannis tiliaria
- Eupithecia
- Eusarca confusaria
- Hypagyrtis unipunctata
- Macaria abruptata
- Nematocampa resistaria
- Phigalia titea
- Synchlora aerata
- Synchlora aerata
- Xanthotype sospeta/urticaria
Family Lasiocampidae
- Malacosoma americanum
- Malacosoma disstria
Family Limacodidae
- Lithacodes fasciola
- Packardia geminata
- Phobetron pithecium
Family Noctuidae
- Abrostola urentis
- Acronicta dactylina
- Acronicta haesitata
- Acronicta impressa
- Catabena lineolata
- Cerastis salicarum
- Crambodes talidiformis
- Cucullia convexipennis
- Cucullia convexipennis
- Diachrysia balluca
- Lithophane
- Lithophane sp.
- Melanchra adjuncta
- Melanchra picta
- Morrisonia confusa
- Phlogophora iris
- Schinia nundina
- Schinia septentrionalis
- Simyra insularis
- Spaelotis clandestina
- Sympistis forbesi
- Tricholita signata
- Trichordestra legitima
Family Nolidae
- Baileya dormitans
Family Notodontidae
- Heterocampa biundata
- Heterocampa guttivitta
- Heterocampa guttivitta
- Hyperaeschra georgica
- Nadata gibbosa
- Schizura leptinoides
- Schizura unicornis
Family Psychidae
- Psychidae
Family Saturniidae
- Actias luna
- Antheraea polyphemus
- Automeris io
- Callosamia promethea
- Dryocampa rubicunda
- Hemileuca nevadensis
- Hyalophora cecropia
- Hyalophora cecropia
Family Sphingidae
- Amphion floridensis
- Darapsa myron
- Deidamia inscriptum
- Eumorpha pandorus
- Eumorpha pandorus
- Hemaris diffinis
- Hemaris diffinis
- Hyles lineata
- Hyles lineata
- Lintneria eremitus
- Lintneria eremitus
- Pachysphinx modesta
- Paonias excaecata
- Paonias myops
- Smerinthus cerisyi
Family Tortricidae
- Hystrichophora taleana
- Orthotaenia undulana
Family Zygaenidae
- Harrisina americana
Unidentified:
- 8/21/16
- 9/15/16
- 10/11/04