Regional Butterfly and Moth Information
Top 20 Commonly Reported Butterflies and Moths of Mississippi
These are the most commonly reported butterflies and moths in Mississippi. If you do not see the species you found, look at all photographs submitted in Mississippi, or visit the Mississippi page to see recently submitted sightings.
Spiny Oak-slug Moth
Euclea delphinii
Spun Glass Slug Moth
Isochaetes beutenmuelleri
Yellow-shouldered Slug Moth
Lithacodes fasciola
Skiff Moth
Prolimacodes badia
Crowned Slug Moth
Isa textula
Yellow-collared Slug Moth
Apoda y inversum
Shagreened Slug Moth
Apoda biguttata
Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth
Harrisina americana
Smaller Parasa
Parasa chloris
Pearl Crescent
Phyciodes tharos
White Flannel Moth
Norape cretata
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio glaucus
Warm-chevroned Moth
Tortricidia testacea
Purple-crested Slug Moth
Adoneta spinuloides
Red-eyed Button Slug Moth
Heterogenea shurtleffi
Silver-spotted Skipper
Epargyreus clarus
Fiery Skipper
Hylephila phyleus
Southern Flannel Moth
Megalopyge opercularis
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Cupido comyntas
Pipevine Swallowtail
Battus philenor
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If you know the date and location where the photograph was taken, we can help. It's simple!
A coordinator will review your submission, and you will get an email with the identification.
We will store your submitted data. Your submission will contribute to our species profiles, checklists, and database. You can track all your submissions and create a personal species list.
Identifying Caterpillars
Do you have a photograph of a caterpillar? If so, when you submit your photograph, please provide us with host plant information if possible. Consider raising it to the adult stage before submitting photographs.
Surprisingly, most of the larval stages of butterflies and moths are simply unknown, and caterpillar photographs can be very difficult to identify. It may take some time for a coordinator to identify your caterpillar.
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