Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)

The order Lepidoptera includes butterflies and moths, and are holometabolous, meaning they spend their immature stage as a larva, pupate, and then emerge as adults.

Resources

Recent Brown Tail Moth Publication

Butterflies and Moths of Maine

Caterpillars of Eastern Forests (pdf download)

Maine Butterfly Survey Web Site

David Reed's Photographic Atlas of Maine Moths

Maine Butterfly Checklist - 2005 [in Microsoft Word]

eButterfly (an international butterfly site)

The Pieris Project Investigating the diversity of Cabbage Whites

Suggest Resources for This Page

Photo by M.E.S. Member Gail Everett: Canadian Swallowtails Exhibiting Mud Puddling Behavior