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  1. Female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

    Papilio glaucus
    Viewed from the underside, you can still see the tiger stripes. Most females of Tiger Swallowtails are yellow like the males, but a few are black. Males are never black. Note that this individual has lost one of her tails, probably to a predator.

  2. Female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

    Papilio glaucus
    Female tiger swallowtails can be either a yellow or dark morph. Males are always yellow.

  3. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

    Papilio glaucus
    This is the predominant yellow morph of the Tiger Swallowtail.

  4. Mournful Sphinx Moth Caterpillar

    Enyo lugubris

  5. Mournful Sphinx Moth

    Enyo lugubris

  6. Tulip Tree Beauty

    Epimecis hortaria

  7. Spiny Oak Slug Moth Caterpillar

    Euclea delphinii

  8. Eufala Skipper Caterpillar

  9. Eufala Skipper

    Lerodea eufala

  10. Eufala Skipper

    Lerodea eufala

  11. Banded Sphinx Moth

    Eumorpha fasciata

  12. Pitcherplant Moth

    Exyra fax

  13. Pitcherplant Moth

    Exyra ridingsii

  14. Pitcherplant Moth

    Exyra semicrocea

  15. Pitcherplant Moth Caterpillar

    Exyra sp.
    The Pitcherplant Moth caterpillar is found inside pitcherplants. This one is in the flower of the yellow pitcherplant (Sarracenia flava).

  16. Pitcherplant Moth Caterpillar

    Exyra sp.

  17. Pitcherplant Moth Cocoon

    Exyra sp.

  18. Female Cloudless Sulphur

    Phoebis sennae

  19. Falcatte Orangetip

    This female Falcate Orangetip butterfly is wafting her pherenome perfume toward a male.

  20. Fiery Skipper Caterpillar

  21. Female Fiery Skipper

    Hylephila phyleus

  22. Female Fiery Skipper

    Hylephila phyleus

  23. Male Fiery skipper

    Hylephila phyleus

  24. Male Fiery Skipper

    Hylephila phyleus

  25. Female Florida Duskywing

    Ephyriades brunnea

  26. Male Florida Duskywing

    Ephyriades brunnea

  27. 'Florida' Dusted Skipper

  28. Florida White

    Appias drusilla

  29. Frosted Elfin Caterpillar

    Frosted Elfin caterpillars seem to prefer to eat the flowers of its host plant, Sundal Lupine (Lupinus perennis).

  30. Frosted Elfin Egg

    The Frosted Elfin lays its eggs only on the Sundail Lupine (Lupinus perennis).

  31. Frosted Elfin

    Callophrys irus
    This Frosted Elfin is preparing to lay eggs on the Sundial Lupine Lupinus perennis, its host plant.

  32. Fulvous Hairstreak

    Electrostrymon angelia

  33. Gemmed Satyr

    Cyllopsis gemma

  34. Geometrid Moth Caterpillar

    GEOMETRIDAE Family

  35. Geometrid Caterpillar

    GEOMETRIDAE Family
    This caterpillar perfectly matches a branchlet of a tree.

  36. Georgia Satyr

    Neonympha areolatus

  37. Giant Swallowtail Caterpillar

    This is a head-on view of the Giant Swallowtail caterpillar.

  38. Giant Swallowtail Caterpillar

  39. Giant Swallowtail Chrysalis

  40. Giant Swallowtail Eggs

  41. Giant Swallowtail

    Papilio cresphontes
    This swallowtail was nectaring on red pentas, a favorite exotic plant for many of the large butterflies in a yard.

  42. Goatweed Leafwing Caterpillar

  43. Goatweed Leafwing Caterpillar

  44. Goatweed Leafwing Caterpillar

  45. Golden banded-skipper Caterpillar

  46. Golden Banded-skipper Eggs

  47. Golden Banded-skipper

    Autochton cellus

  48. Golden Banded-skipper

    Autochton cellus

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