Butterflies, Moths, Dragonflies & Damselflies of Dayton, Ohio

Caterpillars Group #1

Black Swallowtail (later instar)

Black Swallowtail (earlier instar)

Monarch butterfly

Eastern Tent Caterpillar

Clouded Crimson

Cabbage White butterfly

Pipevine Swallowtail

White-dotted Prominent

Sphacophilus apios

Spicebush Swallowtail

Baltimore Checkerspot

Grammia (a genus of tiger moths; species undetermined)

LeConte's Haploa

Eight-spotted Forester

Evergreen Bagworm

Walnut Caterpillar Moths

Camouflage Looper (Wavy-Lined Emerald)

Blackberry Looper

* Note - The Elm Sawfly and Sphacophilus apios are wasp larvae, not butterflies or moths, but I have included them on this page because they are convincing caterpillar look-alikes.

Viceroy butterfly

Silvery Checkerspot

Yellow-striped Armyworm

Snowberry Clearwing

Hummingbird Clearwing

Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth

Elm Sawfly larva