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Except for the digital photography, this gallery is a joint effort. A lot of good people have given generously of their time and expertise to assist with the identification of our southern butterflies and moths, and to provide valuable scientific data. Those persons are acknowledged with much appreciation and admiration for their dedication to these educational works, and for having the patience to indulge a novice whose only wish is to provide a more comprehensive understanding of our natural surroundings in the Escambia: Dr. Mike Williams (Auburn), Dr. James Adams (Georgia), Dr. Al Diamond (Troy), Bob Patterson (Maryland), Dr. John Snyder (Furman Univ.), Troy Bartlett (Georgia), Patrick Coin (North Carolina), and Prof. Mark Mayfield (Kansas). For more information on butterfly and moth identification, visit these links: BugGuide Caterpillars Lynn Scott's Moth Page Moths of Alabama Moths of Florida Moths of South Carolina Furman University Moth Check List Moth Photographers Group Georgia Lepidoptera Butterflies, Moths, and Art Works |
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Little White Lichen |
Banded Tussock |
Fall Webworm |
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Giant Leopard Moth |
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Worldwide there are three subfamilies, 123 genera and 665 species; North America has nine genera and 20 species. |
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Worldwide there are at least 26,000 species in eight subfamilies; North America has 1,400 species in six subfamilies. |
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Promiscuous Angle |
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Angled Metarranthis |
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Scrub Euchlaena |
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Common Tan Wave |
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False Crocus Geometer |
Glena plumosaria |
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Southern Emerald |
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Red-bordered Emerald |
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The Gem Moth |
Dot-lined Wave |
Small Frosted Wave |
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Packard's Wave |
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The Bad Wing |
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Fall Cankerworm |
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Cymatophora Moth |
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The Beggar Moth |
Scopula Wave |
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Idaea violacearia |
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Chalky Wave Moth |
White Spring Moth |
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Blackberry Looper |
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Lychnosea Moth |
Pannaria Wave |
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Dwarf Cyclophora |
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Large Tolype |
Southern Tolype |
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Worldwide 360 genera and 2,500 species; North America has 6 genera and 31 species. |
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Southern Tussock |
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Tephra Tussock |
Manto Tussock |
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Worldwide there are approximately 35,000 species placed in 4,200 genera, and at least 29 subfamilies; North America has at least 3,040 species in 23 subfamilies. At this time 576 species have been documented. |
Yellow-Lined Owlet |
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Flower Callopistria |
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Thin-Lined Owlet |
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The Hebrew Moth |
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Common Looper |
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The Laugher |
Virginian Tiger |
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Dark Marathyssa |
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Rotund Idia Moth |
Feeble Grass Moth |
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Major Sallow |
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Ipsilon Dart |
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The Wedgling Moth |
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Red-line Panopoda |
Common Oak Moth |
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Decorated Owlet |
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Orba Underwing |
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Gloomy Underwing |
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Alabama Underwing |
Ultronia Underwing |
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Girlfriend Underwing |
False Underwing |
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Spanish Moth |
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Detracted Owlet |
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Doubleday's Baileya |
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Paler Bagisara Moth |
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The Craftsman |
Live Oak Metria |
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Common Ptichodis |
The Cobbler Moth |
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Ashy Meganola |
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Pudgy Epidromia |
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Fawn Brown Dart |
The Confederate |
Pseudanthracia |
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Soybean Looper |
Black_Fungus_Moth |
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Angulose Prominent |
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Georgian Prominent |
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Imperial Silkmoth |
Luna Silkmoth |
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Walnut Sphinx |
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