Seems December had about no posts in Butterflies, Moths & Larva; so until traffic picks up, I'll just open this for the new year. We can always return to monthly designations at our leisure.

We came from here:
The thread "December 2017 Butterflies, Moths & Larva" in Gardening for Butterflies, Birds and Bees forum

Here's a butterfly, a moth, and a caterpillar:

do photos have to be month current, or anytime is o.k.?

anytime is fine

Lesser Wanderer,Danaus chrysippus, feeding on Mallee blossoms at Alice Springs, N.T.

Thank you for starting it Jay Smiling
It has been very cold here and we have had the flu. No Fun!!
I hope the butterflies are finding a good shelter.

Beautiful butterflies Carole, is this your Summer season?

Nice to see species from other parts of the world, especially those not even the usual fare in butterfly houses...

Some butterflies in the garden...

Thanks Ceci, kind of barren up here.

Pretty much the same here, with the cold weather we are having.

@frostweed, Josephine yes definitely summer season. Yesterday 45°C! Not nice! Poor garden, scorched; hard to keep up the watering.


Common Grass Blue

Thank you for letting me know Carole, yes that is pretty hot, we could use some of that here.
That is a lovely little butterfly looks like one of the blues, do you know which one?

@frostweed Josephine yes on top of the first photograph was the name, Common Grass Blue. Pretty little thing isn't it?

Lepidoptera order; Lycaenida family and labradus species. All something I need to quote from https://australianmuseum.net.a... as I'm totally ignorant when it comes to butterflies; apart from thinking how beautiful they are.

Orchard Swallowtail resting up on


and another closer to home, in bushland, on Asparagus fern; considered an emerging environmental weed here, http://weeds.dpi.nsw.gov.au/We...

Beautiful pictures, Carole !

There are a lot of "espejitos"caterpillars on my passiflora caerulea








( "Espejitos" is the common name for Agraulis vanillae in Argentina)

Some "monarcas"are visiting the garden

Carole, that orchard swallowtail is really amazing, I had never seen anything like it.
So beautiful!!

Ceci, your butterflies are gorgeous too, thank you for posting.