Welcome to MCCD's online
field guide to McHenry County's butterflies. For rapid identification
purposes the butterflies have been grouped according to their relative sizes and
not according to their evolutionary relatedness.
| LARGE BUTTERFLIES | MEDIUM BUTTERFLIES | SMALL BUTTERFLIES |
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| The size of a Monarch or larger. | About the size of a Painted Lady. | The size of a Sulfur or smaller. |
| SKIPPERS |
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| Skippers , relatives of butterflies, get their name from their darting flight pattern. They differ from butterflies in the presence of a pointed extension off the antennal club head. Many skippers rest with wings held in a jet airplane fashion. |
For additional information on butterflies click on the links below. Note: These are external web references. You will be leaving the MCCD/MCC site.
Butterflies of North America (United States Geological Survey)
Illinois Butterfly Monitoring Network - Become a Butterfly Monitor!!!
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