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.
Regional Butterfly and Moth Information
Top 20 Commonly Reported Butterflies and Moths of Missouri
These are the most commonly reported butterflies and moths in Missouri. If you do not see the species you found, look at all photographs submitted in Missouri, or visit the Missouri page to see recently submitted sightings.
Polyphemus moth
Antheraea polyphemus
Luna moth
Actias luna
Imperial moth
Eacles imperialis
Monarch
Danaus plexippus
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio glaucus
Snowberry Clearwing
Hemaris diffinis
Virginia creeper sphinx
Darapsa myron
White-lined Sphinx
Hyles lineata
Bicolored honey locust moth
Syssphinx bicolor
Promiscuous Angle
Macaria promiscuata
Great Spangled Fritillary
Speyeria cybele
Waved sphinx
Ceratomia undulosa
Yellow-collared Scape Moth
Cisseps fulvicollis
Walnut sphinx
Amorpha juglandis
Hackberry Emperor
Asterocampa celtis
Question Mark
Polygonia interrogationis
Black Swallowtail
Papilio polyxenes
Pearl Crescent
Phyciodes tharos
Nais Tiger Moth
Apantesis nais
Chickweed Geometer
Haematopis grataria
We can help identify your butterfly or moth!
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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