The Leroy Simon Collection

Over the years, Leroy Simon of Florida has sent me many outstanding slides and electronic images of his nature photography. His many images are a significant part of both the Caterpillars Too! website (a North American butterfly website with special emphasis on caterpillars) and the World's Largest Saturniidae Site.

Leroy does not limit his photograpy to lepidoptera. He has also sent many images of birds and other wildlife. He also does some travelling and sent me a cd of the butterflies he encountered in Ecuador.

Leroy welcomes correspondence with regard to photography and lepidoptera.

Email: Leroy Simon.

Leroy has larger images at higher resolution available.

I (Bill Oehlke) will continue to expand this offering when I have time to create the many files which will be linked below. Leroy has sent me several cds of his work, and he continues to take additional photographs.

This site is brought to you by Bill Oehlke and the WLSS where over 1450 wordlwide Saturniidae species are depicted with range data, flight seasons, larval hosts, etc.

A picture is worth a thousand words. Visit the Citheronia regalis file below to see how larvae are sometimes "posed".

Actias dubernardi China, male, female, eggs and larvae.
Actias luna USA, male, female, larva, and eyespot closeups.
Actias rhodopneuma Yunnan, China, male, all instars.
Actias selene India, male, female and larva.
Actias sinensis male and female.

Adeloneivaia jason Ecuador, male, female and all instars.

Adelowalkeria plateada Ecuador, male.

Anisota oslari Arizona, male, female, fourth and fifth instar.
Anisota virginiensis pellucida Florida, female, fifth instar.

Antheraea frithi javanensis ??, China, male, female, instars 4, 5, and 6, and cocoon.
Antheraea pernyi China, male, female, eggs, instars 1, 2, 3 and 5, and larva spinning cocoon.
Antheraea polyphemus female, Florida.
Antheraea polyphemus oculea Arizona, male, third and fifth instar larva.
Antheraea yamamai China, males and Japan, females, eggs, larvae, cocoon.

Antherina suraka Madagascar, female, instars 1, 2-3, 4 and 5.

Archaeoattacus edwardsii China, male, eggs, larvae.

Arsenura batesii Ecuador, first through fifth instar larvae.
Arsenura rebeli Ecuador, male

Attacus atlas female, larva, larva spinning cocoon.
Attacus lorquinii male and all instars and cocoon.

Automerina auletes male.
Automerina cypria male, Ecuador.

Automeris banus Costa Rica, male and fourth and fifth instar larvae.
Automeris belti Costa Rica, male.
Automeris boucardi Costa Rica, male and female.
Automeris cecrops pamina Arizona, male, second, third, fourth and fifth instar larvae.
Automeris celata, Costa Rica, male and female.
Automeris denticulata Ecuador, male, female, eggs and larvae.
Automeris io lilith Florida, males, female, larva.
Automeris iris Arizona, instars 1, 2, 4 and 5.
Automeris liberia South America, male.
Automeris metzli Costa Rica, male.
Automeris randa Arizona, instars 1, 3, 4 and 5.
Automeris zephyria New Mexico-Texas, larva.
Automeris zugana Ecuador, male.

Bunaea alcinoe Africa, male.

Caligula jonasii Japan, early and fifth instar.
Caligula simla larva and cocoon.

Callosamia promethea Pennsylvania, male, female, eggs, instars 2, 3 and 5.

Citheronia aroa Ecuador, eggs and all instars
Citheronia hamifera Ecuador, male, female, eggs, instars 2-5.
Citheronia phoronea Ecuador, male.
Citheronia regalis Georgia, adults; Virginia, third - fifth instar larvae.
Citheronia sepulcralis Virginia, adult and all instars.
Citheronia splendens sinaloensis Arizona, fourth and fifth instar larva.

Citioica anthonilis Ecuador, adult and third instar larva.

Coloradia doris Arizona, first - fifth instar larva; New Mexico, female.

Copaxa andensis fourth and fifth instar larvae, Ecuador.
Copaxa decrescens Ecuador, male, female, eggs, instars 1, 3 and 5
Copaxa escalantei Costa Rica, instars 2, 3 and 5
Copaxa multifenestrata Costa Rica, males and female.
Copaxa rufa Mexico, male, female, eggs.
Copaxa rufinans male, Kiri Lodge, Orosi, Cartago, Costa Rica.
Copaxa simson male, Kiri Lodge, Orosi, Cartago, Costa Rica.

Cricula jordani Laos and Thailand, male, second, third and fifth instars.

Dirphia panamensis fassli male, Ecuador.
Dirphia thliptophana male.

Dryocampa rubicunda male, Florida.

Eacles imperialis anchicayensis Ecuador, male, female, instars two through five.
Eacles imperialis decoris male, Golfito, Puntarenas, Costa Rica.
Eacles imperialis imperialis Georgia/Maryland, males, female, eggs, first, second, third and fifth instar.
Eacles masoni tyrannus male, Ecuador.
Eacles ormondei ormondei Kiri Lodge, Orosi, Cartago, Costa Rica, male.
Eacles oslari Arizona, second and fourth instar.

Epiphora bauhiniae Africa, female.

Eupackardia calleta Arizona and Texas, male, female, third, and fifth instar, and cocoon spinning.

Gamelia rindgei male, Ecuador.
Gamelia neidhoeferi male, Ecuador.
Gamelia septentrionalis light male, near Golfito, Costa Rica.

Gonimbrasia zambesina Africa, female.

Hemileuca neumoegeni male, Arizona.

Hyalophora cecropia Pennsylvania, male, third, fourth and fifth instar larva.
Hyalophora columbia gloveri Colorado, male, female, eggs, third, fourth and fifth instar larva.
Hyalophora euryalus California, male, female, first-fifth instar larva, cocoon.

Hyperchiria nausica male, Ecuador.

Leucanella lynx South America, male, female, instars 1-5.
Leucanella maasseni male, Ecuador.

Lonomia electra male, Kiri Lodge, Orosi, Cartago, Costa Rica.
Lonomia sp., male, Ecuador.

Molippa latemedia male, Ecuador.

Neoris huttoni third instar, courtesy of Leroy Simon.

Nudaurelia capdevillei Africa, eggs.
Nudaurelia krucki Kenya, first, second third and fourth instar larva.

Othorene hodeva Ecuador, male.
Othorene verana male, female and instars 1, 2, 3 and 5, Kiri Lodge, near Orosi, Cartago, Costa Rica.

Paradirphia semirosea male, recto and verso, Kiri Lodge, near Orosi, Cartago, Cost Rica.

Periga herbini Ecuador.

Periphoba nigra Ecuador, male, female and third-fifth instar larva.

Pseudaphelia apollinaris Africa.

Rhescyntis h. hippodamia Ecuador, male.
Rhescyntis h. norax Costa Rica, male.

Rhodinia fugax Japan, male and female.

Rothschildia cincta Arizona, fourth instar.
Rothschildia cincta guerreronis Mexico, male.
Rothschildia erycina nigrescens Ecuador, female, third and fourth instars and cocoon.
Rothschildia hesperus Ecuador, male, female, several instars and cocoon.
Rothschildia orizaba equatorialis Ecuador, male.
Rothschildia orizaba orizaba Orosi, Cartago, Costa Rica, male.
Rothschildia orizaba peruviana Ecuador, second, third, fifth instars and cocoon.

Samia ricini larva and cocoon.

Saturnia walterorum California, first, second, third and fifth instar larvae.

Syssphinx bicolor Ohio; female, second, third, fourth and fifth instar larvae.
Syssphinx bidens male, Ecuador.
Syssphinx hubbardi Arizona; male, fourth and fifth instar larvae.
Syssphinx molina Ecuador; male.
Syssphinx montana Arizona; male, female and second, fourth and fifth instar larvae.

Titaea lemoulti female and all instars, Ecuador.
Titaea tamerlan amazonensis male and larvae, Ecuador;

Hybrid Hyalophora cecropia x Hyalophora euryalus male and female.

Hybrid Samia ricini x Samia kohlli male and female, second, third, fourth, fifth instars and cocoon, Asia.

Brahmaea certhia China; fourth and fifth instar larvae.
Brahmaea christophi China; second - fifth instar larvae.
Brahmaea hearseyi China; male, eggs and all instars.
Brahmaea tancrei Siberia, adult, eggs and all instars.

Eurytides marcellus, Florida.
Papilio (Heraclides) cresphontes, Florida.
Papilio (Menelaides) macilentus adult and pupa, Japan.

Pontia protodice female, Florida.

Heliconius charithonius, Florida.
Euptoieta claudia, Florida.

Limenitis arthemis, Florida.

Strymon melinus, Florida.
Leptotes cassius theonus, Florida.

Erynnis horatius, Florida.
Pyrgus communis, Florida.

This page is brought to you by Bill Oehlke and the WLSS.

As of November 2007, over 1400 worldwide Saturniidae species are pictured on the WLSS.
As of January 2008, over 1450 worldwide Saturniidae species are depicted on the WLSS.

Literally thousands of electronic images with range data, flight seasons, larval food plants, etc., are a great help with rearing operations and identification work. Checklists are available for almost all countries which have Saturniidae populations.

Hundreds of Leroy Simon's butterfly images (eggs, larvae, pupae, adults) are featured on Caterpillars Too!, a United States and Canadian butterfly website.

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