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Archived Photos of Living Moths

Please see the page on submitting photos (link above at right). Photos that are identified here are retained for later use on pages like this one and on individual species pages. For photos to be usable here they must be capable of cropping and reduction to fit a square 225 x 225 pixels in size. A different size (300 x 225) will be used for some species that normally pose with the wings fully spread.

Photos are preferred of moths oriented head upward rather than at an angle. Normally, four photos, each by a different photographer, will be the limit per species. Exceptions might be made for species where there are many morphs, forms and aberrations. Better photos will replace those not as capable of helping to identify the species. There is no guarantee that a photo, once in the archive, will be retained permanently.

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Butterflies - Drepanidae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
5700854684Adoneta bicaudata
Adoneta bicaudata
© Carmen Champagne

Adoneta bicaudata
© Dan Leeder

Adoneta bicaudata
© Stephen Cresswell

Adoneta bicaudata
© Carmen Champagne

Adoneta bicaudata
© Dan Leeder

Adoneta bicaudata
© Giff Beaton LG
on Greenbrier
Adoneta bicaudata
© Giff Beaton LG
on Sweet Gum
5700864685 – Purple-crested Slug Moth – Adoneta spinuloides
Adoneta spinuloides
© Troy Bartlett

Adoneta spinuloides
© Tom Murray

Adoneta spinuloides
© Tom Murray

Adoneta spinuloides
© George Smiley LG
on Oak sapling (Quercus) 10mm
5700924691 – Pin-striped Vermilion Slug Moth – Monoleuca semifascia
Monoleuca semifascia
© Norman & Cheryl Lavers

Monoleuca semifascia
© Ed Corey

Monoleuca semifascia
© Norman & Cheryl Lavers

Monoleuca semifascia
© Giff Beaton LG
on post oak
5700884696Euclea incisa
Euclea incisa
© Valerie G. Bugh

5700894697 – Spiny Oak-slug Moth – Euclea delphinii
Euclea delphinii
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG

Euclea delphinii
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG - first-instar

Euclea delphinii
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG - second-instar

Euclea delphinii
© Charles Baxter LG

Euclea delphinii
© Canadian National Collection LG

Euclea delphinii
© McGuire Center LG

Euclea delphinii
© Charles Baxter LG

Euclea delphinii
© Giff Beaton LG
on winged elm
Euclea delphinii
© Troy Bartlett

Euclea delphinii
© Charles Lewallen

Euclea delphinii
© Charles Baxter LG

5700934698 – Smaller Parasa – Parasa chloris
Parasa chloris
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG

Parasa chloris
© Allan Wilson

Parasa chloris
© Jeff Gruber

Parasa chloris
© Carmen Champagne

Parasa chloris
© Carmen Champagne
5th instar
Parasa chloris
© Jeff Gruber

Parasa chloris
© Troy Bartlett

Parasa chloris
© Troy Bartlett

Parasa chloris
© Giff Beaton LG
on cherry
5700944699 – Stinging Rose Caterpillar – Parasa indetermina
Parasa indetermina
© Brody J. Thomassen LG

Parasa indetermina
© Troy Bartlett

Parasa indetermina
© Steve Kortum

Parasa indetermina
© Daniel Swofford

Parasa indetermina
© Deborah Stephenson

Parasa indetermina
© Troy Bartlett

5700814700 – Saddleback Caterpillar – Acharia stimulea
Acharia stimulea
© Canadian National Collection LG

Acharia stimulea
© Bob Moul

Acharia stimulea
© Lew Scharpf

Acharia stimulea
© Jerry Armstrong LG

Acharia stimulea
© Charles Weber

Acharia stimulea
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG

Acharia stimulea
© Machele White

5700014701 – Planthopper Parasite Moth – Fulgoraecia exigua
Fulgoraecia exigua
© Beatriz Moisset

Fulgoraecia exigua
© Beatriz Moisset

Fulgoraecia exigua
© Beatriz Moisset

Fulgoraecia exigua
© Beatriz Moisset

Fulgoraecia exigua
© Beatriz Moisset

Fulgoraecia exigua
© John Maxwell

Fulgoraecia exigua
© John Maxwell

Fulgoraecia exigua
© Carmen Champagne

Fulgoraecia exigua
© Edward Trammel

Fulgoraecia exigua
© Yurika Alexander LG

Fulgoraecia exigua
© Steve Scott

Fulgoraecia exigua
© Edward Trammel

5700474702Dalcerides ingenita
Dalcerides ingenita
(cc) Wendy McCrady

Dalcerides ingenita
(cc) Wendy McCrady

8013694716 – Double-striped Scoparia – Scoparia biplagialis
Scoparia biplagialis
© Tucker J. Cooley LG

Scoparia biplagialis
© Tucker J. Cooley LG

Scoparia biplagialis
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG - final instar

Scoparia biplagialis
© Tucker J. Cooley LG

Scoparia biplagialis
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG - larval webbing

Scoparia biplagialis
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG - cocoon

Scoparia biplagialis
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG

8013714718Scoparia cinereomedia
Scoparia cinereomedia
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG

Scoparia cinereomedia
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG

Scoparia cinereomedia
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG

Scoparia cinereomedia
© Tucker J. Cooley - first-instar

Scoparia cinereomedia
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG - final instar

8013914738 – Striped Eudonia – Eudonia strigalis
Eudonia strigalis
© George Smiley LG
moss on the side of a Bald Cypress - 12mm
Eudonia strigalis
© George Smiley LG
moss on the side of a Bald Cypress - 12mm
8013924739Eudonia heterosalis
Eudonia heterosalis
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG - freshly laid

Eudonia heterosalis
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG - after roughly 24 hours

Eudonia heterosalis
© Tucker J. Cooley - first-instar

Eudonia heterosalis
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG

Eudonia heterosalis
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG - mid-instar

Eudonia heterosalis
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG - cocoon

Eudonia heterosalis
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG - mature larva

8013134755 – Waterlily Leafcutter – Elophila obliteralis
Elophila obliteralis
© Stephen Luk

Elophila obliteralis
© Stephen Luk

8013184759 – Polymorphic Pondweed Moth – Parapoynx maculalis
Parapoynx maculalis
© McGuire Center LG

Parapoynx maculalis
© McGuire Center LG

Parapoynx maculalis
© McGuire Center LG

8013224763 – Floating-heart Waterlilly Moth – Parapoynx seminealis
Parapoynx seminealis
© McGuire Center LG

8011874879 – Psychic Xanthophysa – Xanthophysa psychicalis
Xanthophysa psychicalis
© Jason Dombroskie
case
8012244898 – Cross-striped Cabbageworm – Evergestis rimosalis
Evergestis rimosalis
© Arlene Ripley

Evergestis rimosalis
© Hannah Nendick-Mason

Evergestis rimosalis
© Hannah Nendick-Mason

8006944934Munroeodes thalesalis
Munroeodes thalesalis
© Giff Beaton LG
on Citharexylum berlandieri
Munroeodes thalesalis
© Giff Beaton LG
on Citharexylum berlandieri

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