Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Species Heliades mulleolella - Heliades mulleolella - Hodges#5574


John Abbot Lepidoptera Watercolors
Scans from a rare book of lepidoptera watercolors, circa 1830. 147 plates showing larvae and adults. Searchable and contains scientific names, though the taxonomy is surely dated.

HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database
By The Natural History Museum in London, UK, a searchable database of the hostplants and foods of the world's caterpillars

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Lepidoptera Checklist
Extensive checklist, including moths.

Southern Lepidopterists Society
The online home for the Southern Lepidopterists Society, established in 1978.

As here at BugGuide, you can submit photos of unknown leps for others to identify.

Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera
Hundreds of images of moths, most or all from Canada. Well-documented as to species identification.

Georgia Lepidoptera
A checklist for Georgia with many images of pinned specimens, live specimens, and some larval photos. Since most of my subjects are in Georgia, this is particularly useful to me, but also generally useful for the Southeast.

Macromoths of Northwest Forests and Woodlands
Based on a printed guide, one of the few resources on western US moths.

Caterpillars of Pacific Northwest Forests and Woodlands