Visit the Great Sacandaga Lake - The Best Kept Secret in the Adirondacks

In the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains - The Great Sacandaga Lake is close to Saratoga and Lake George!

Great Sacandaga Lake Butterflies, Moths and Caterpillars

Northern Cloudy wing	Dreamy Dusky wing	Juvenal's Dusky wing	For Kids Birds and Blooms Discover Life Bug Guide Caterpillars Skippers A skipper or skipper butterfly is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. They are named after their quick, darting flight habits. Spread-wing Skippers Northern Cloudywing Dreamy Duskywing Juvenal's Duskywing Persius Duskywing Grass Skippers Least Skipper Leonard's Skipper Indian Skipper Peck's Skipper Long Dash Little Glassy wing Hobomok Skipper Black Dash Dun Skipper Common Roadside-Skipper Swallowtails Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies that form the family Papilionidae. There are at least 550 species, and though the majority are tropical Swallowtails Black Swallowtail Canadian Tiger Swallowtail Spicebush Swallowtail Whites and Sulphurs Whites and Sulphurs are small to medium sized butterflies.Most Whites and Sulphurs are white, yellow, and orange with some black, and some may be various shades of gray-green. Their flight is mostly slow and fluttering, but some of the larger species have quicker flights. Sulphurs Clouded Sulphur Orange Sulphur Gossamer-wing are our smallest butterflies. Gossamer-wings include the subfamilies Hairstreaks, Harvesters, Coppers, and Blues. Their flights vary from the fast, erratic Hairstreaks to the slow, bouncy Blues. They like to feed at flowers, and males like to puddle at damp ground. Harvesters Harvester Coppers American Copper Bronze Copper Hairstreaks Juniper Hairstreak Eastern Pine Elfin Coral Hairstreak Acadian Hairstreak Hickory Hairstreak Banded Hairstreak Striped Hairstreak Blues Eastern Tailed-Blue Spring Azure Summer Azure Brush-footed These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colorful wings flat when resting. Many species are brightly colored but, the under wings are in contrast often dull and in some species look remarkably like dead leaves, or are much paler, producing a cryptic effect that helps the butterfly disappear into its surroundings. Longwings Great Spangled Fritillary Aphrodite Fritillary Atlantis Fritillary Silver-bordered Fritillary Meadow Fritillary True Brushfoots Silvery Checkerspot Harris' Checkerspot Tawny Crescent Baltimore Question Mark Eastern Comma Green Comma) Milbert's Tortoiseshell Compton Tortoiseshell Painted Lady American Lady Admirals and Relatives Red-spotted Purple or White Admiral 'Astyanax' Red-spotted Purple Viceroy Satyrs and Wood-Nymphs Northern Pearly Eye Eyed Brown Little Wood Satyr Common Ringlet Common Wood Nymph Prominents Black-rimmed Prominent
Persius Dusky wing	Least Skipper	Leonard's Skipper
Indian Skipper	Peck's Skipper	Long Dash
Little Glassy wing	Hobomok Skipper	Black Dash
Dun Skipper	Common Roadside-Skipper	Black Swallowtail
Canadian Tiger Swallowtail	Spicebush Swallowtail	Clouded Sulphur
Orange Sulphur	Harvester	American Copper
Bronze Copper	Juniper Hairstreak	Eastern Pine Elfin
Coral Hairstreak	Acadian Hairstreak	Hickory Hairstreak
Banded Hairstreak	Striped Hairstreak	Summer Azure
Eastern Tailed-Blue	Spring Azure	Aphrodite Fritillary
Atlantis Fritillary	Great Spangled Fritillary	Meadow Fritillary
Silvery Checkerspot	Silver-bordered Fritillary	Tawny Crescent
Harris' Checkerspot	Baltimore	Green Comma
Milbert's Tortoiseshell	Question Mark	Eastern Comma
Painted Lady	Compton Tortoiseshell	American Lady
Viceroy	'Astyanax' Red-spotted Purple	Red-spotted Purple/White Admiral
Common Ringlet	Eyed Brown	Northern Pearly Eye
Little Wood Satyr	Common Wood Nymph	Black-rimmed Prominent
Luna Moth	Karner Blue Butterfly Endangerd	Monarch Butterfly

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