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Zebra Swallowtail
Pipevine Swallowtail
Black Swallowtail
Giant Swallowtail
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Spicebush Swallowtail
Palamedes Swallowtail
Checkered White
Cabbage White
Falcate Orangetip
Clouded Sulphur
Orange Sulphur
Southern Dogface
Cloudless Sulphur
Barred Yellow
Little Sulphur
Sleepy Orange
Great Purple Hairstreak
Coral Hairstreak
King's Hairstreak
Banded Hairstreak
Striped Hairstreak
Eastern Pine Elfin
Henry's Elfin
Hessel's Hairstreak
Olive Hairstreak
White M Hairstreak
Gray Hairstreak
Red-banded Hairstreak
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Spring Azure
Harvester
American Snout
Zebra
Gulf Fritillary
Variegated Fritillary
Great Spangled Fritillary
Silvery Checkerspot
Pearl Crescent
Question Mark
Eastern Comma
Mourning Cloak
Painted Lady
American Lady
Red Admiral
Common Buckeye
Goatweed Leafwing
Red-spotted Purple
Viceroy
Viceroy hybrid
Hackberry Emperor
Tawny Emperor
Southern Pearly Eye
Creole Pearly Eye
Appalachian Brown
Helicta Satyr
Gemmed Satyr
Carolina Satyr
Little Wood-Satyr
Common Wood Nymph
Monarch
Silver-spotted Skipper
Long-tailed Skipper
Golden-banded Skipper
Hoary Edge
Southern Cloudywing
Northern Cloudywing
Confused Cloudywing
Hayhurst's Scallopwing
Sleepy Duskywing
Juvenal's Duskywing
Horace's Duskywing
Zarucco Duskywing
Wild Indigo Duskywing
Common/White Checkered-Skipper
Tropical Checkered-Skipper
Common Sootywing
Swarthy Skipper
Clouded Skipper
Least Skipper
Southern Skipperling
Fiery Skipper
Cobweb Skipper
Meske's Skipper
Tawny-edged Skipper
Crossline Skipper
Whirlabout
Southern Broken Dash
Northern Broken Dash
Little Glassywing
Sachem
Delaware Skipper
Byssus Skipper
Hobomok Skipper
Zabulon Skipper
Dion Skipper
Dun Skipper
Pepper and Salt Skipper
Common Roadside-Skipper
Bell's Roadside-Skipper
Dusky Roadside-Skipper
Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper
Eufala Skipper
Twin-spot Skipper
Brazilian Skipper
Ocola Skipper
Cofaqui Giant-Skipper
Yucca Giant-Skipper
Yucca Giant-Skipper (adult emerging)
December 2007
February 2008
Photos from elsewhere in Georgia.
GEORGIA MOTHS
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These are some of the specimens that I have collected in Georgia.  
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Sphingidae

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ABBOTT'S SPHINX (Sphecodina abbottii)

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AZALEA SPHINX (Darapsa choerilus)

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BANDED SPHINX (Eumorpha fasciata)

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BLINDED SPHINX (Paonias excaecatus)

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CAROLINA SPHINX (Manduca sexta)

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CATALPA SPHINX (Ceratomia catalpae)

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CYPRESS SPHINX (Isoparce cupressi)

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ELM SPHINX (Ceratomia amyntor)

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FIVE-SPOTTED HAWKMOTH (Manduca quinquemaculata)

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HOG SPHINX (Darapsa myron)

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HUMMINGBIRD CLEARWING (Hemaris thysbe)

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LAUREL SPHINX (Sphinx kalmiae)

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LETTERED SPHINX (Deidamia inscriptum)

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MOURNFUL SPHINX (Enyo lugubris)

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NESSUS SPHINX (Amphion floridensis)

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PANDORUS SPHINX (Eumorpha pandorus)

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PINK-SPOTTED HAWKMOTH (Agrius cingulata)

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PLEBEIAN SPHINX (Paratrea plebeja)

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RUSTIC SPHINX (Manduca rustica)

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SMALL-EYED SPHINX (Paonias myops)

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SNOWBERRY CLEARWING (Hemaris diffinis)

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SOUTHERN PINE SPHINX (Lapara coniferarum)

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TERSA SPHINX (Xylophanes tersa)

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TWIN-SPOTTED SPHINX (Smerinthus jamaicensis)

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WALNUT SPHINX (Amorpha juglandis)

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WAVED SPHINX (Ceratomia undulosa)

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WHITE-LINED SPHINX (Hyles lineata)

Saturniidae

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IMPERIAL MOTH (Eacles imperialis)

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IO MOTH (Automeris io)

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LUNA MOTH (Actias luna)

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PINE-DEVIL MOTH (Citheronia sepulcralis)

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PINK-STRIPED OAKWORM (Anisota virginiensis)

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POLYPHEMUS MOTH (Antheraea polyphemus)

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PROMETHEA MOTH (Callosamia promethea)

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ROSY MAPLE MOTH (Dryocampa rubicunda)

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ROYAL WALNUT MOTH (Citheronia regalis)

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SPINY OAKWORM (Anisota stigma)

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TULIP-TREE SILKMOTH (Callosamia angulifera)

Apatelodidae (formerly Zanolidae)

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SPOTTED APATELODES (Apatelodes torrefacta)

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THE ANGEL (Olceclostera angelica)

Lasiocampidae

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DOT-LINED WHITE (Artace cribraria)

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EASTERN TENT CATERPILLAR (Malacosoma americanum)

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FOREST TENT CATERPILLAR (Malacosoma disstria)

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LARGE TOLYPE (Tolype velleda)

Drepanidae

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ARCHED HOOKTIP (Drepana arcuata)

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ROSE HOOKTIP (Oreta rosea)

Arctiidae

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ACREA TIGER MOTH (Estigmene acrea)

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ANNA TIGER MOTH (Grammia anna)

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(Apantesis) Tiger Moth

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BANDED TUSSOCK MOTH (Halysidota tessellaris)

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BELLA MOTH (Utetheisa bella)

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CLYMENE MOTH (Haploa clymene)

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DELICATE CYCNIA (Cycnia tenera)

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GIANT LEOPARD MOTH (Ecpantheria scribonia)

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ISABELLA TIGER MOTH (Pyrrharctia isabella)

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LECONTE'S HAPLOA (Haploa lecontei)

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LONG-STREAKED TUSSOCK MOTH (Leucanopsis longa)

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MOUSE-COLORED LICHEN MOTH (Pagara simplex)

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PACKARD'S LICHEN MOTH (Cisthene packardii)

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PAINTED LICHEN MOTH (Hypoprepia fucosa)

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PARTHENICE TIGER MOTH (Grammia parthenice)

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SCARLET-WINGED LICHEN MOTH (Hypoprepia miniata)

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VIRGINIAN TIGER MOTH (Spilosoma virginica)

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YELLOW-COLLARED SCAPE MOTH (Cisseps fulvicollis)

Noctuidae

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BLACK WITCH (Ascalapha odorata)

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