Butterflies and MothsThis Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press illustrates in full color 423 of the most common, widespread, important, or unusual North American species of Lepidoptera. Information includes: |
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Adults antennae BAGWORM MOTHS band Blue broods brown butterflies and moths Callophrys Canada caterpillar Caterpillar feeds Ceanothus chrysalis cocoon color Comma common Copper Ctenucha CUTWORM dark double-brooded DUSKYWING Eastern Eastern Pine Elfin Eggs are laid Elfin eyespots feeds mainly feeds on willow female Florida flowers food plant forewing FRITILLARY geometer moths green greenish hair HAIRSTREAK hairy hatch hibernates hindwing lacks larva feeds Larva overwinters Larva resembles lay eggs Leaf leaves Lepidoptera LOOPER LOWTAIL male maple margin mark METALMARK Moths emerge Moths occur noctuid North America north of Mexico Oakworm orange Papilio Parnassian Pine Pipevine Pipevine Swallowtail poplar Promethea pupa Pupa overwinters pupal stage pupate range Red-spotted Purple Rockies silk SILKMOTH single-brooded SKIPPER South southern SPANWORM species spines spiny spots Spring Azure stripes Sulphur summer Swallowtail Tiger Moth trees tropical TUSSOCK MOTH underside usually variable varies walnut Western Wild Cherry wingless wings winter yellow