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