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Caterpillars by Country USA

Moth Caterpillars by Family family Arctiidae, 11000 species sub-family Arctiinae  (tiger moths) Isabella tiger moth Pyrrharctia isabella (USA) Virginia ctenucha Ctenucha virginica (USA) family Lymantriidae  (tussock moths, 2500 species) milkweed tussock moth Euchaetes egle (USA) white-marked tussock moth Orgyia leucostigma (USA) yellow-based tussock moth Dasychira basiflava (USA) banded tussock moth Halysidota tessellaris (USA) cocoa tussock moth Orgyia australis (Vietnam) Calliteara horsfieldii (Vietnam) unidentified tussock moth (Vietnam) family Noctuidae  (owlet moths, 35000 known species) sub-family Acronictinae   (dagger moths / armyworms / cutworms) paddle caterpillar (funerary dagger moth) Acronicta funeralis (USA) smartweed caterpillar smeared dagger moth Acronicta funeralis (USA) Henry's marsh moth Simyra henrici (USA) sub-family Cuculliinae The Asteroid  (purple phase) Cucullia asteroides (USA) sub-family Cuculliinae The Asteroid  (brown phase) Cucullia asteroides (USA) sub-family Cuculliinae The Asteroid  (green phase) Cucullia asteroides (USA) sub-family Cuculliinae brown hooded owlet moth Cucullia convexipennis (USA) sub-family Cuculliinae family Notodontidae  (prominent moths, 3500 known species) morning glory prominent moth caterpillar Schizura ipomoeae (Michigan, USA) morning glory prominent moth caterpillar Schizura ipomoeae (Michigan, USA) unidentified prominent moth caterpillar (Sulawesi, Indonesia) family Saturniidae  (giant silkworm moths, 1500 species) polyphemus moth Antheraea polyphemus (Illinois, USA) family Sphingidae  (sphinx moths / hawk moths / hornworms, 1200 species) white-lined sphinx moth (green phase) Hyles lineata (California, USA) unidentified sphinx moth (California, USA) lime hawkmoth Mimas tiliae (UK) lime hawkmoth Mimas tiliae (UK) unidentified sphinx moth (Gelendzhik, Russia) unidentified sphinx moth (Fiji) unidentified sphinx moth (Vietnam) other moth families   eastern tent caterpillar Malacosoma americanum (USA) family Lasiocampidae sub-family Lasiocampinae unidentified looper (unidentified geometrid moth) (Fiji) family Geometridae Tarcon sp. (Costa Rica) Apatelodes sp. (Costa Rica) family Apatelodidae sub-family Apatelodinae

Butterfly Caterpillars by Family family Nymphalidae  (brushfoot butterflies, 5000 species) sub-family Heliconiinae  (longwing butterflies) great spangled fritillary Speyeria cybele (USA) Andean silverspot Dione glycera (Costa Rica) sub-family Nymphalinae  ("true" brushfoot butterflies) genus Polygonia  (anglewing butterflies) eastern comma Polygonia comma (USA) question mark Polygonia interrogationis (USA) other genuses     common buckeye Junonia coenia (USA) red admiral Vanessa atalanta (USA) family Papilionidae  (swallowtail butterflies) eastern black swallowtail Papilio polyxenes (USA) unidentified swallowtail (USA) other butterfly families viceroy Basilarchia archippus (Michigan, USA) family Limenitinae monarch Danaus plexippus (Illinois, USA) sub-family Danainae monarch Danaus plexippus (Illinois, USA) sub-family Danainae Check out the butterfly photo galleries.

unidentified butterfly or moth caterpillars unidentified caterpillar (Vietnam) unidentified caterpillar (Vietnam) unidentified caterpillar (Russia) unidentified caterpillar (Philippines)