Butterflies and Moths

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)

Butterflies and Moths belong to the Lepidoptera, the scaly-winged creatures.

Butterflies and Skippers

Moths

‘Florida’ Dusted Skipper

Atrytonopsis hianna

Skippers

‘Seminole’ Texan Crescent

Anthanassa texana seminole

Brush-foots

‘Sweadner’s’ Juniper Hairstreak

Callophrys gryneus sweadneri

Gossamer-wings

Agreeable Tiger Moth

Spilosoma congrua

Tiger Moths

Ailanthus Webworm Moth

Atteva aurea

Other Moths

American Lady

Vanessa virginiensis

Brush-foots

American Snout

Libytheana carinenta

Brush-foots

Angle-lined Prominent

Clostera inclusa

Owlet Moths

Angulose Prominent

Peridea angulosa

Owlet Moths

Appalachian Brown

Satyrodes appalachia

Brush-foots

Arogos Skipper

Atrytone arogos

Skippers

Atala

Eumaeus atala

Gossamer-wings