Lepidoptera: Media
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Both belong to the order Lepidoptera.
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Every year, monarch butterflies fly south for winter—sometimes traveling up to 1,800...
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Images
A banded woolly bear caterpillar is the larval stage of the Isabella tiger moth (Pyrrharctia...
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Comet moth (Argema mittrei) found in the rainforests of Madagascar.
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A brown-tail moth caterpillar (Euproctis chrysorrhoea) feeding on a leaf.
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Life cycle of the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus).
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A female polyphemus moth (Antheraea polyphemus) depositing eggs. Because...
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A bristly caterpillar of the rusty tussock moth (Orgyia antiqua).
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Commercial silk is made from the fibrous cocoons of silkworm caterpillars (Bombyx...
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A butterfly emerging from its chrysalis in a butterfly house at the Natural History...
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An adult Madagascan sunset moth (Chrysiridia rhipheus).
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A rare, Diana fritillary (Speyeria diana), feeding on yellow butterflyweed....
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A pair of eyed hawk moths (Smerinthus ocellatus) mating, with the female...
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Braconid wasp eggs cover a hornworm caterpillar host. When the parasitic larvae hatch,...
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While the upper surface of the wings of the peleides blue morpho (Morpho peleides)...
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A buff tip moth (Phalera bucephala) resembles a small twig.
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The wood nymph moth (Eudryas grata) resembles bird droppings while at rest....
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Garden tiger moth (Arctia caja) found in North America and Europe.
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Colorful caterpillar of the spurge hawk moth (Hyles euphorbiae).
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Computer-colored micrograph of the scales of a tortoiseshell butterfly wing created...
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An illustration of the head and mouthparts of Lepidoptera.
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Genitalia and associated structures of male and female Lepidoptera.
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A monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) egg attached to the surface of a...
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A composite of five different views of a monarch butterfly emerging from its chrysalis....
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Interactives
Slider showing a cecropia moth (Hyalophora cecropia; left) and a common...
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Migratory monarch butterflies migrate south each fall, sometimes traveling about...
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Move the slider to see a larval monarch caterpillar (left) and the adult monarch...
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