Ben and Joy

This gorgeous pair was sitting on an aster leaf in a Pike County Wetland.

I think this guy is a Manduca sexta (Carolina Sphinx). We found it at work, resting on a wall. I put it in the frig for a short bit so tha...

Orange Wing (Mellilla xanthometata) near Herrick, Illinois. An Orange Wing checked me out while I was getting ready to work. Did my safet...

There is no real theme to this blog post. I just wanted to get these off my desktop and into a post. This is a White Marked Tussock Moth (O...

Butterfly and caterpillar pictures have been piling up on my SD card, waiting to be identified. I believe that the next three photos are of ...

I think I am learning the lesson to pay attention to the food plant. Makes sense. This guy was munching on Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica) ...

My attempt to slowly learn caterpillars (and butterflies, for that matter) is limited to keeping my eyes open for interesting looking indivi...

Heather spotted this little moth in a woodlot outside of Defiance, Ohio. We had no clue what it was, but googling 'cross moth' got ...

It is always fun to see a Luna Moth. Green's Bluff Nature Preserve , Owen County.

Pretty crazy colors! (and fuzzy, too!)