Butterflies and Moths of North America

collecting and sharing data about Lepidoptera

National Moth Week is July 20-28, 2024!

Moths are amazing creatures. Take photographs and share your moth sightings with us to document the moths where you live.

319 new California butterfly records

Three hundred and nineteen California butterfly records - mostly Vanessa and Junonia species - were added to the database from contributors Bruce & Bret Boyd, C. Dammers, C. Don MacNeill, Fred T. Thorne, George T. Austin, H. Avery Freeman, H. Notman, J. Donald Eff, J. W Tilden, John R. Heitzman, John S. Garth, Keith Hughes, Keith Trexler, Ken Davenport, L. Martin & C. Ingham, Oakley Shields, Paul Opler, R. Langston, Ray Stanford, and Stallings & Turner. (CA-16Nov09)