The Black Swallowtail caterpillar is a common butterfly larvae throughout most of the United States. This species lives and dines on members of the parsley family (including carrots, dill, fennel and parsnips), which is how it got its nickname, Parsley worm.
Silver-spotted Skipper
The Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme), also known as the Alfalfa Butterfly and in its larval stage as Alfalfa Caterpillar, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae, where it belongs to the “yellows and sulphurs” subfamily Coliadinae. It is found throughout North America from southern Canada to Mexico, but is absent from the central and southeastern USA.
Cabbage White Butterfly
The Cabbage White butterfly (Pieris rapae), also is so named because the larval stage feeds on members of the cabbage family. Males and females can be told apart by their wing spots. Males only have one spot on each wing, while females have two.
Summer Azure Butterfly
The picture of this Summer Azure Butterfly was taken in Shrewsbury, Vermont. The wingspan for this small butterfly is 15/16 – 1 1/8 inches (2.4 – 2.9 cm).