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Cecropia moth pupa, Phippsburg, Maine early June
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Cecropia moth pupa, Phippsburg, Maine early June

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  • Limenitis archippus, Viceroy butterfly dorsal view. This butterfly looks very similar to Monarchs. On thier hindwing they have a continuous black line. At the apex of the forewing is a triangle with white. They are also smaller and paler than Monarchs. This is the first Viceroy I've seen. Phippsburg, Maine. This one is on fronds of the Sweet fern shrub.
  • Limenitis archippus, Viceroy butterfly ventral view. This butterfly looks very similar to Monarchs. On thier hindwing they have a continuous black line. At the apex of the forewing is a triangle with white. They are also smaller and paler than Monarchs. This is the first Viceroy I've seen. Phippsburg, Maine. This one is on fronds of the Sweet fern shrub.
  • Limenitis archippus, Viceroy butterfly ventral view. This butterfly looks very similar to Monarchs. On thier hindwing they have a continuous black line. At the apex of the forewing is a triangle with white. They are also smaller and paler than Monarchs. This is the first Viceroy I've seen. Phippsburg, Maine. This one is on fronds of the Sweet fern shrub.
  • Canadian Tiger Swallowtail, Papilio canadensis, Phippsburg,, Maine. 2013 is turning out to be a really big year for Canadian Tiger Swallowtail butterflies in coastal Maine. I am seeing as many as a half dozen at a time. They really like Nepeta, also known as Catmint.
  • Canadian Tiger Swallowtail, Papilio canadensis, Phippsburg,, Maine. 2013 is turning out to be a really big year for Canadian Tiger Swallowtail butterflies in coastal Maine. I am seeing as many as a half dozen at a time. They really like Nepeta, also known as Catmint.
  • Canadian Tiger Swallowtail, Papilio canadensis, Phippsburg,, Maine. 2013 is turning out to be a really big year for Canadian Tiger Swallowtail butterflies in coastal Maine. I am seeing as many as a half dozen at a time. They really like James MacFarland lilacs.
  • Caddisfly, species unknown (there are at least 12,000), Also called sedge-flies or rail-flies, they are small moth-like insects having two pairs of hairy membranous wings. They are closely related to Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) which have scales on their wings. Phippsburg, Maine June, 10, 2013
  • Caddisfly, species unknown (there are at least 12,000), Also called sedge-flies or rail-flies, they are small moth-like insects having two pairs of hairy membranous wings. They are closely related to Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) which have scales on their wings. Phippsburg, Maine June, 10, 2013
  • Cecropia Moth (Hyalophora cecropia) Phippsburg, Maine early June. North America's largest native moth.. This is a male Cecropia moth. It has bigger antennae than the females and also has a set of claspers on the front for holding onto the female during mating.. Ventral view. Cecropia moths are also called Robin Moths.. For more on Cecropia moths' development and life cycle visit <a href="http://www.wormspit.com/cecropia.htm">http://www.wormspit.com/cecropia.htm</a>
  • Cecropia Moth (Hyalophora cecropia) Phippsburg, Maine early June. North America's largest native moth.. This is a male Cecropia moth. It has bigger antennae than the females and also has a set of claspers on the front for holding onto the female during mating.. dorsal view. Cecropia moths are also called Robin Moths.. For more on Cecropia moths' development and life cycle visit <a href="http://www.wormspit.com/cecropia.htm">http://www.wormspit.com/cecropia.htm</a>
  • Cecropia Moth (Hyalophora cecropia) Phippsburg, Maine early June. North America's largest native moth.. This is a male Cecropia moth. It has bigger antennae than the females and also has a set of claspers on the front for holding onto the female during mating.. Cecropia moths are also called Robin Moths.. For more on Cecropia moths' development and life cycle visit <a href="http://www.wormspit.com/cecropia.htm">http://www.wormspit.com/cecropia.htm</a>
  • Cecropia Moth (Hyalophora cecropia) Phippsburg, Maine early June. North America's largest native moth.. This is a male Cecropia moth. It has bigger antennae than the females and also has a set of claspers on the front for holding onto the female during mating. Dorsal view. Cecropia moths are also called Robin Moths.. For more on Cecropia moths' development and life cycle visit <a href="http://www.wormspit.com/cecropia.htm">http://www.wormspit.com/cecropia.htm</a>
  • Cecropia Moth (Hyalophora cecropia) Phippsburg, Maine early June. North America's largest native moth.. This is a male Cecropia moth. It has bigger antennae than the females and also has a set of claspers on the front for holding onto the female during mating. Dorsal view. Cecropia moths are also called Robin Moths.. For more on Cecropia moths' development and life cycle visit <a href="http://www.wormspit.com/cecropia.htm">http://www.wormspit.com/cecropia.htm</a>
  • Cecropia Moth (Hyalophora cecropia) Phippsburg, Maine early June. North America's largest native moth.. This is a male Cecropia moth. It has bigger antennae than the females and also has a set of claspers on the front for holding onto the female during mating.. dorsal view. Cecropia moths are also called Robin Moths.. For more on Cecropia moths' development and life cycle visit <a href="http://www.wormspit.com/cecropia.htm">http://www.wormspit.com/cecropia.htm</a>
  • Cecropia Moth (Hyalophora cecropia) Phippsburg, Maine early June. North America's largest native moth.. This is a male Cecropia moth. It has bigger antennae than the females and also has a set of claspers on the front for holding onto the female during mating.. Cecropia moths are also called Robin Moths.. For more on Cecropia moths' development and life cycle visit <a href="http://www.wormspit.com/cecropia.htm">http://www.wormspit.com/cecropia.htm</a>
  • green caterpillar. I don't know the identification. I'm guessing it's that of a Cabbage moth. It did not have a horn, so that rules out Horn worm. Maine butterfly/moth larva
  • Cecropia Moth pupa in its papery cocoon husk, Phippsburg, Maine. This very creature hatched in my kitchen to become an outstanding, male Cecropia Moth
  • Cecropia moth pupa, Phippsburg, Maine early June
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