Butterflies & Moths

• All
• Admiral Road
• Amblyscirtes hegon
• American Hornet Moth
• American Lady
• Arctic Skipper
• Arkola Road
• Baltimore Checkerspot
• BioBlitz
• Black Spruce bog
• Black-banded Orange
• Bog BioBlitz
• Bog BioBlitz II
• Bog BioBlitz III
• Boloria selene
• Boreal Gem
• Brown Elfin
• CR444
• CR52
• CR8
• Callophrys augustinus
• Callopistria mollissima
• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail
• Carterocephalus palaemon
• Checkerspot
• Colias eurytheme
• Cotton School Forest
• Crocus Geometer
• Ctenucha virginica
• Danaus pelxipus
• Dion Skipper
• Dogwood Borer
• Dorcas Copper
• Dreamy Duskywing
• Duskywing
• Epelis truncataria
• Erebia discoidalis
• Erynnis icelus
• Eufidonia notataria
• Euphydryas phaeton
• Euphyes dion
• European Skipper
• Evening Primrose
• Family Erebidae
• Family Geometridae
• Family Noctuidae
• Family Sesiidae
• Family Sphingidae
• Friends of Sax-Zim Bog
• Gray Comma
• Heliothis borealis
• Iris versicolor
• Lady
• Lake Nichols Road
• Long Dash
• Lycaena dorcas
• McDavitt Road
• Metarrhanthis
• Milkweed
• Monarch
• Mustard White
• Nichols Lake Road
• Oenothera biennis
• Orange Hawkweed
• Orange Sulphur
• Owl Avenue
• Papilio canadensis
• Peck's Skipper
• Peiris napi
• Pepper & Salt Skipper
• Pepper and Salt Skipper
• Pine Warbler Woods
• Pink-shaded Fern Moth
• Platarctia parthenos
• Polites mystic
• Polites peckius
• Polygonia progne
• Powder Moth
• Primrose Moth
• Red Admiral
• Red-disked Alpine
• Sax-Zim
• Sax-Zim Bog
• Scalloped Metarranthis
• Schinia florida
• Sesia tibiale
• Silver-bordered Fritillary
• St. Lawrence Tiger Moth
• Swallowtail
• Synanthedon scitula
• Tetracis crocallata
• Thymeleus lineola
• Vanessa atalanta
• Vanessa virginiensis
• Virginia Ctenucha
• Warren Nelson Memorial Bog
• Welcome Center
• Welcome Center site
• Wild Iris
• Xanthotype
• Yellow Slant-Line
• alpine
• best of 2014
• bog
• boreal
• butterflies
• butterfly
• caddisfly
• caterpillar
• clearwing moth
• comma
• copper
• elfin
• moth
• nectaring
• skipper
• spring butterfly
• sulphur
• thistle
• wasp mimic
• white

Admiral Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_0059484

Admiral Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_0059697

Admiral Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_0059705

Amblyscirtes hegon Pepper & Salt Skipper Owl Ave site Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_4945

Amblyscirtes hegon Pepper & Salt Skipper Owl Ave site Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_4995

Amblyscirtes hegon Pepper & Salt Skipper Owl Ave site Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_5000

Azure Spring Azure Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_0059489

Boloria selene Silver-bordered Fritillary Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_3119

caddisfly sp. Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_0039735

Callophrys augustinus Brown Elfin white-lined variant Owl Ave site Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_5120

Callopistria mollissima Pink-shaded Fern Moth 93-2192 9631 Family Sphingidae Welcome Center Owl Avenue Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_1729

Checkerspot Baltimore Checkerspot Euphydryas phaeton Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_0059565

Checkerspot Baltimore Checkerspot Euphydryas phaeton Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_0059578

comma Gray Comma Polygonia progne Owl Avenue Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_2462

south of CR8 east of Floodwood, Sax-Zim Bogsouth of CR8 east of Floodwood, Sax-Zim Bog

Copper Dorcas Copper Lycaena dorcas Arkola Road CR52 Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_5343

Copper Dorcas Copper Lycaena dorcas Arkola-CR52 Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_4192

Copper Dorcas Copper Lycaena dorcas Arkola-CR52 Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_4207

Copper Dorcas Copper Lycaena dorcas Arkola-CR52 Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_4227

south of CR8 east of Floodwood, Sax-Zim Bogsouth of CR8 east of Floodwood, Sax-Zim Bog

south of CR8 east of Floodwood, Sax-Zim Bogsouth of CR8 east of Floodwood, Sax-Zim Bog

Ctenucha virginica caterpillar Virginia Ctenucha moth Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_0037426

Duskywing Dreamy Duskywing Erynnis icelus Welcome Center Owl Avenue Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_2039

elfin Brown Elfin Callophrys augustinus Owl Avenue Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_9844

Epelis truncataria Black-banded Orange 6321 Family Geometridae Owl Ave Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_5128

Eufidonia notataria? Powder Moth 6638 Family Geometridae Sax-Zim Bog MN Unidentified moth Sax-Zim Bog St. Louis Co MN IMG_0037428

Geometrid moth Sax-Zim Bog 4St. Louis Co MN IMG_0037723

Heliothis borealis Boreal Gem Sax-Zim Bog Owl Ave taiga bog June 11 2013 IMG_5073

Hemaris thysbe-gracilis Sax-Zim Bog Owl Ave IMG_0037788

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south of CR8 east of Floodwood, Sax-Zim Bogsouth of CR8 east of Floodwood, Sax-Zim Bog

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Lady American Lady Vanessa virginiensis Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_0059679

Lady American Lady Vanessa virginiensis Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_0059685

Leafroller sp? Sax-Zim Bog St. Louis Co MN IMG_0037432

Macaria sp? Itame sp? Sax-Zim Bog St. Louis Co MN IMG_0037419

Metarrhanthis sp. Scalloped Metarranthis 6823 6824 6825 Family Geometridae Welcome Center Owl Avenue Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_1713

microlep Sax-Zim Bog Great Gray Way St. Louis Co MN IMG_0037780

Monarch caterpillar on Milkweed Nichols Lake Road Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_5366

Northern Pearly-eye Enodia anthedon Sax-Zim Bog MN Stensaas IMG_0058681

Platarctia parthenos St. Lawrence Tiger Moth 93-0288 8162 Family Erebidae Welcome Center Owl Avenue Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_1682

Polites mystic Long Dash Lake Nichols Road Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_5407

Red-disked Alpine Erebia discoidalis Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_011487Red-disked Alpine Erebia discoidalis [May; Sax-Zim Bog, St. Louis County, Minnesota]

Schinia florida Primrose Moth 93-2082 11164 Family Noctuidae Admiral Rd Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_0059505

Sesia tibiale American Hornet Moth 2543 Family Sesiidae wasp mimic Owl Ave site Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_2127

skipper Arctic Skipper Carterocephalus palaemon Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_0037423

Skipper Dion Skipper Euphyes dion Nichols Lake Rd Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_0792

south of CR8 east of Floodwood, Sax-Zim Bogsouth of CR8 east of Floodwood, Sax-Zim Bog

skipper Long Dash Polites mystic McDavitt Road Bog BioBlitz III Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_1742

Skipper Long Dash Polites mystic on Wild Iris Pine Warbler Woods Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_9042

skipper Peck’s Skipper Polites peckius Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_0037210

Skipper Pepper and Salt Skipper Amblyscirtes hegon Welcome Center Owl Avenue Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_0625

south of CR8 east of Floodwood, Sax-Zim Bogsouth of CR8 east of Floodwood, Sax-Zim Bog

Swallowtail Canadian Tiger Swallowtail Papilio canadensis Orange Hawkweed CR444 Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_2877

Swallowtail Canadian Tiger Swallowtail Papilio canadensis Orange Hawkweed CR444 Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_2878

swallowtail Canadian Tiger Swallowtail Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_0037407

Synanthedon scitula Dogwood Borer moth 2549 Family Sesiidae wasp mimic Admiral Rd Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_9131

Tetracis crocallata Yellow Slant-Line 6963 Family Geometridae Welcome Center Owl Avenue Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_1706

Tiger Swallowtail scale detail Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_0037219

Unidentified moth Sax-Zim Bog St. Louis Co MN IMG_0037541

Unidentified moth Sax-Zim Bog St. Louis Co MN IMG_0037644

white Mustard White Peiris napi Warren Nelson Memorial Bog Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_1961

Xanthotype Crocus Geometer Bog BioBlitz III Welcome Center Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_1739