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Julia
Dryas iulia
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Julia
Dryas iulia
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Juvenal's Duskywing
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King's Hairstreak
Satyrium kingi
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Lace-winged Roadside-skipper Caterpillar
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Lace-winged Roadside-skipper
Amblyscirtes aesculapius
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Lace-winged Roadside-skipper
Amblyscirtes aesculapius
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Northern Pine Sphinx Moth Caterpillar
Lapara bombycoides
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Least Skipper
Ancyloxypha numitor
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Little Glassywing Skipper
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Little Metalmark Caterpillar
In north Florida, caterpillars of the Little Metalmark are found on the undersides of the basal leaves of Vanillaleaf (Carphephorus odoratissimus), their host plant.
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Little Metalmark
Calephelis virginiensis
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Little Metalmark
Calephelis virginiensis
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Little Wood Satyr
Megisto cymela
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Little Yellow Caterpillar
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Little Yellow
Pyrisitia lisa
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Variable Oakleaf Moth Caterpillar
Lochmaeus manteo
This caterpillar was crawling on the bark of a hackberry tree. -
Variable Oakleaf Moth Caterpillar
Lochmaeus manteo
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Long-tailed Skipper Caterpillar
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Long-tailed Skipper
Urbanus proteus
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Long-tailed Skipper
Urbanus proteus
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Malachite Caterpillar
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Malachite Chrysalis
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Malachite
Siproeta stelenes
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Malachite
Siproeta stelenes
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Forest Tent Moth Caterpillar
Malacosoma disstria
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Courting Falcate Orangetip
The courting continues.
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Courting Falcatte Orangetips
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Rustic Sphinx Moth Caterpillar
Manduca rustica
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Rustic Sphnix Moth
Manduca rustica
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Mangrove Skipper Caterpillar
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Mangrove Skipper
Phocides pigmalion
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Many-banded Daggerwing
Marpesia chiron
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Many-banded Daggerwing
Marpesia chiron
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Martial Scrub-Hairstreak
Strymon martialis
You can see the beautiful color on the wings of the Martial Scrub-hairstreak as it rests on its host plant, bay cedar (Suriana maritima) -
Martial Scrub-hairstreak
Strymon martialis
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Cloudless Sulphurs
Phoebis sennae
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Mating Mallow Scrub-hairstreaks
Strymon istapa
This pair of mating Mallow Scrub-hairstreaks are on Bay Cedar (Suriana maritima), one of the host plants used by the species in addition to various mallows. -
Puss Moth Caterpillar
Megalopyge opercularis
This caterpillar is protected by a heavy coat of stinging hairs. To some, this furry coat resembled the fur of a pussy cat or "puss." The ault moth is known as the Southern Flannel Moth. -
Southern Flannel Moth Caterpillar
Megalopyge sp.
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Eastern Cactus-boring Moth Caterpillar
Melitara prodenialis
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Meske's Skipper
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Meske's Skipper
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Miami Blue Caterpillar
The Miami Blue is near extinction in Florida due mostly to habitat loss. It is feared that several populations no longer exist. This Miami Blue caterpillar was reared in captivity in an effort to repopulate the species in south Florida. The captive rearing program currently has been suspended.
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Miami Blue Chrysalis
Two Miami Blue chrysalides rest in the hand of a researcher who is raising them in captivity. This south Florida species is in peril due to loss of habitat.
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Monarch Caterpillar in J Position
Most caterpillars travel away from their host plants to prepare for their metamorphosis into chrysalides (plural of chrysalis). This monarch caterpillar has chosen to form its chrysalis on the leaf of a Fireflag (Thalia geniculata)
View a video of a monarch caterpillar changing into a chrysalis.
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Monarch Caterpillar
The Queen caterpillar which mimics the Monarch caterpillar has an extra set of projections in the middle of the body.
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Monarch Chrysalis
When a monarch butterfly is about to emerge from its chrysalis, it will become translucent and immediately before the emergence, it will be so clear that you can see the butterfly inside.
