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Butterflies & Moths of the World

Butterflies & Moths of the World

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Butterflies & Moths of the World
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martin

Website 8,540 participants 78,124 spottings

Butterflies and Moths are insects of the order Lepidoptera. Their brilliant colors have inspired artistic depictions dating back to the Egyptians and their wing structure continues to inspire scientists and engineers today. Help us document their amazing diversity.

Butterflies & Moths of the World

Recent Spottings

Palm King arne.roysland 3 0 Palm King
Atlas Moth (larva) John B. 1 1 Atlas Moth (larva)
Geometer Moth tomk3886 1 1 Geometer Moth
North American Luna Moth tomk3886 3 2 North American Luna Moth
Noctuid Moth arne.roysland 1 0 Noctuid Moth
Red mapwing Augusto Patiño Ramirez 4 1 Red mapwing
Orange - striped tanmark Augusto Patiño Ramirez 3 2 Orange - striped tanmark
Waiter daggerwing Augusto Patiño Ramirez 2 1 Waiter daggerwing
White-speck Moth tomk3886 1 0 White-speck Moth
Edebessa Moth - Flannel moth Augusto Patiño Ramirez 2 3 Edebessa Moth - Flannel moth
Spotting brainpunk 1 1 Spotting
Leopard Lacewing Manoj Samuel Grg 5 0 Leopard Lacewing
Sphingid moth Augusto Patiño Ramirez 3 1 Sphingid moth
Mariposa paje oxidada - Rusty-tipped page Augusto Patiño Ramirez 4 0 Mariposa paje oxidada - Rusty-tipped page
Mariposa búho gigante - Owl butterfly Augusto Patiño Ramirez 4 0 Mariposa búho gigante - Owl butterfly
Carterito - Bluepostman - Smallpostman Augusto Patiño Ramirez 5 2 Carterito - Bluepostman - Smallpostman
Typhla satyr - Common Oressinoma Augusto Patiño Ramirez 1 1 Typhla satyr - Common Oressinoma
Mariposa flama - Julia heliconian Augusto Patiño Ramirez 1 2 Mariposa flama - Julia heliconian
Philippine Five-Ring arne.roysland 1 0 Philippine Five-Ring
Dwarf Plume Moth arne.roysland 2 0 Dwarf Plume Moth
Mariposa tronadora - Cracker butterfly Augusto Patiño Ramirez 2 0 Mariposa tronadora - Cracker butterfly
Malaquita - Camuflada verde Augusto Patiño Ramirez 2 0 Malaquita - Camuflada verde
Silver Forget-me-not arne.roysland 1 0 Silver Forget-me-not
Mariposa zebra - Zebra longwing Augusto Patiño Ramirez 0 1 Mariposa zebra - Zebra longwing
Malaquita - Camuflada verde - Malachite Augusto Patiño Ramirez 0 1 Malaquita - Camuflada verde - Malachite
Southern Milky Argyria Moth tomk3886 1 0 Southern Milky Argyria Moth
Scrub Hopper arne.roysland 2 0 Scrub Hopper
Common Grass Yellow John B. 1 0 Common Grass Yellow
Common Grass Yellow arne.roysland 2 0 Common Grass Yellow
Rice Swift arne.roysland 1 0 Rice Swift
Peablue John B. 1 0 Peablue
Lappet Moth John B. 3 0 Lappet Moth
Banded tussock moth Brian38 2 0 Banded tussock moth
Buck moth Caterpillar Brian38 5 2 Buck moth Caterpillar
Henry's elfin Brian38 1 0 Henry's elfin
Lesser Grass Blue arne.roysland 2 0 Lesser Grass Blue
Northern cloudywing Brian38 1 0 Northern cloudywing
Tussock Moth arne.roysland 1 0 Tussock Moth
Bagworm Moth case arne.roysland 3 1 Bagworm Moth case
Smartweed caterpillar Brian38 4 2 Smartweed caterpillar
Monarch Butterfly tomk3886 2 0 Monarch Butterfly
Lappet Moth Caterpillar John B. 2 0 Lappet Moth Caterpillar
Confused eusarca Brian38 2 0 Confused eusarca
Morning-glory prominent moth Brian38 2 0 Morning-glory prominent moth
American Lady tomk3886 2 0 American Lady
Little nymph underwing Brian38 2 0 Little nymph underwing
Virginian Tiger Moth Brian38 1 0 Virginian Tiger Moth
Genista Broom Moth Brian38 1 0 Genista Broom Moth
Common spragueia Brian38 1 0 Common spragueia
Curved-ribbon Brian38 1 0 Curved-ribbon

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