Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths) in and around DuPage County, IL

Moths
Blastobasis glandulella (Acorn Moth)
		caterpillar, Kirt Prairie 2011/03/14
		caterpillar, Kirt Prairie 2011/03/14
		caterpillar, Kirt Prairie 2012/04/26
		on BUR OAK, Kirt Prairie 2011/11/04

Cisseps fulvicollis (Yellow-collared Scape Moth)
		Kirt Prairie 2010/10/01
		on TALL BONESET, Kirt Prairie 2011/09/13

Haploa lecontei (Haploa Moth)
		West Chicago Prairie 2009/07/09

Limnaecia phragmitella (Cattail Moth)
		larva, Kirt Prairie 2007/04/10

Pyrrharctia isabella (Isabella Tiger Moth)
		caterpillar, Kirt Prairie 2006/10/25
		caterpillar, Kirt Prairie 2011/10/08
		caterpillar, Kirt Prairie 2011/10/08
		cocoon, Aurora University 2007/10/22

Spilosoma virginica (Virginia Tiger Moth)
		Kirt Prairie 2006/10/25
		cocoon, Aurora University 2007/10/22

Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis (Evergreen Bagworm)
		eggs, Kirt Prairie 2011/12/13
		female pupa and eggs, Naperville Campus 2006/04/09
		larva, Westmont Center 2011/07/12
		larva, Westmont Center 2011/07/12
		larvae, Naperville Campus 2006/05/16
		on BUR OAK, Kirt Prairie 2011/12/13
		on Eastern Red Cedar, Starved Rock 2008/05/24
		on HONEY LOCUST, Kirt Prairie 2011/09/07
		on HONEY LOCUST, Kirt Prairie 2011/12/13
		on Witch-hazel, Kirt Prairie 2011/12/13
		pupa on lamp post, Miscellaneous 2007/05/17
		pupae on Arborvitae, Naperville Campus 2006/04/25

Butterflies
Celastrina neglecta (Summer Azure)
		West Chicago Prairie 2009/07/09

Danaus plexippus (Monarch)
		egg and larva 1st instar, Kirt Prairie 2011/09/07
		egg, Kirt Prairie 2006/07/06
		exoskeleton head capsule, Aurora University 2007/09/12
		female and SarahJ, Naperville Campus 2005/09/29
		female on COMMON MILKWEED, Kirt Prairie 2005/06/30
		female on SMOOTH BLUE ASTER, Kirt Prairie 2010/10/01
		female ovipositing, Westmont Center 2011/07/12
		larva 1st instar on COMMON MILKWEED, Kirt Prairie 2005/08/29
		larva 2nd instar, Kirt Prairie 2006/06/06
		larva 5th instar on Short Green Milkweed, Bluff Spring Fen 2007/07/11
		male and JessicaE, Westmont Center 2011/07/12
		mating and Isabelle, Miscellaneous 2011/08/17
		mating, Miscellaneous 2011/08/17
		on DOGBANE, Ecological Study Area 2006/06/13

Enodia anthedon (Northern Pearly-eye)
		West Chicago Prairie 2009/07/09

Erynnis baptisiae (Wild Indigo Duskywing)
		on RED CLOVER, Blackwell 2009/08/02

Everes comyntas (Eastern Tailed Blue)
		Waterfall Glen 2006/07/22

Junonia coenia (Common Buckeye)
		Kirt Prairie 2010/10/01

Limenitis archippus (Viceroy)
		Bluff Spring Fen 2007/07/22

Limenitis arthemis (Red-spotted Purple)
		Blackwell 2009/08/02
		Waterfall Glen 2006/07/22

Nymphalis antiopa (Mourning Cloak)
		Kirt Prairie 2010/06/24

Papilio glaucus (Tiger Swallowtail)
		male on WILD BERGAMOT, Waterfall Glen 2006/07/22

Papilio polyxenes (Black Swallowtail)
		caterpillar on Cow Parsnip, Chicago Center for Green Technology 2009/06/27
		exuvia, Chicago Center for Green Technology 2009/06/27
		male, Chicago Center for Green Technology 2009/06/27
		pupa, Chicago Center for Green Technology 2009/06/27

Phyciodes tharos (Pearl Crescent)
		Kirt Prairie 2010/10/01
		Waterfall Glen 2006/07/22

Pieris rapae (Cabbage White)
		on DOGBANE, Kirt Prairie 2007/06/16

Polites peckius (Peck's Skipper)
		Blackwell 2009/08/02
		Kirt Prairie 2010/10/01
		on SPOTTED KNAPWEED, Kirt Prairie 2006/08/03

Polites themistocles (Tawny Edged Skipper)
		Blackwell 2009/08/02
		on SMOOTH BLUE ASTER, Kirt Prairie 2010/10/01

Polygonia interrogationis (Question Mark)
		Blackwell 2009/08/02
		summer form, Schulenberg 2007/06/25

Speyeria cybele (Great Spangled Fritillary)
		Schulenberg 2009/06/22


Root	Updated: May 24, 2012.	Peter Chen