Discover Northern Virginia Nature: Moth & Butterfly Caterpillars

BUTTERFLIES AND SKIPPERS - click here to view adults
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail View butterfly	Spicebush Swallowtail View butterfly	Black Swallowtail View butterfly	Black Swallowtail early instar
Great Spangled Fritillary View Butterfly	Mourning Cloak View Butterfly	Monarch View butterfly	Silvery Checkerspot View Butterfly
Silver-spotted Skipper View butterfly
MOTHS - click here to view adults
FAMILY GEOMETRIDAE - GEOMETRID MOTHS
Showy Emerald Moth
FAMILY EREBIDAE; SUBFAMILY ARCTIIDAE - TIGER & LICHEN MOTHS
Leopard Moth	Virgin Tiger Moth	Virginia Tiger Moth	Salt Marsh Moth
Milkweed Tussock Moth	Fir Tussock Moth	Banded Tussock Moth	Eight-spotted Forester View adult
Fall Webworm View adult
OWLET MOTHS (Noctuidae)
Smartweed Caterpillar	Gold Moth	Cabbage Looper	Black-spotted Prominent
American Dagger
HAWK MOTHS, SPINX MOTHS & HORNWORMS (Sphingidae)
Tobacco Hornworm	Snowberry Clearwing Moth
GIANT SILKWORM & ROYAL MOTHS (Saturniidae)
Sweetbay Silkmoth	Polyphemus Moth
SPINX MOTHS (Sphingidae)
Caltalpa Spinx
PROMINENT MOTHS (Notodontidae)
Walnut Caterpillar Moth
SLUG MOTHS (Limacodidae)
Crowned Slug Moth
UNIDENTIFIED CATERPILLARS