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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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Geometridae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
9106207033 – Red-bordered Emerald – Nemoria lixaria
Nemoria lixaria
© George Smiley LG
on Quercus lyrata
Nemoria lixaria
© George Smiley LG
on Quercus lyrata
Nemoria lixaria
© George Smiley LG
on Quercus lyrata
Nemoria lixaria
© George Smiley LG
on Quercus lyrata
Nemoria lixaria
© Giff Beaton LG
on Rhododenfron
Nemoria lixaria
© George Smiley LG
on Quercus lyrata
9106297042Nemoria caerulescens
Nemoria caerulescens
© Bob Barber LG

9106307043Nemoria intensaria
Nemoria intensaria
© Nicky Davis LG
on Corymbosum Buckwheat
Nemoria intensaria
© Nicky Davis LG
on Corymbosum Buckwheat
Nemoria intensaria
© Nicky Davis LG
on Corymbosum Buckwheat
Nemoria intensaria
© Nicky Davis LG
on Corymbosum Buckwheat
Nemoria intensaria
© Nicky Davis

Nemoria intensaria
© Nicky Davis

Nemoria intensaria
© Nicky Davis

9106367048 – White-Fringed Emerald – Nemoria mimosaria
Nemoria mimosaria
© Canadian National Collection LG

Nemoria mimosaria
© Canadian National Collection LG

9106417053 – Showy Emerald – Dichorda iridaria
Dichorda iridaria
© Troy Bartlett LG

Dichorda iridaria
© Karl Hillig

Dichorda iridaria
© Troy Bartlett LG

Dichorda iridaria
© Karl Hillig LG

Dichorda iridaria
© Karl Hillig

Dichorda iridaria
© Troy Bartlett LG

Dichorda iridaria
© Troy Bartlett LG

Dichorda iridaria
© Troy Bartlett LG

Dichorda iridaria
© Troy Bartlett LG

9106457058 – Wavy-lined Emerald – Synchlora aerata
Synchlora aerata
© Carroll Rudy

Synchlora aerata
© Howell Curtis

Synchlora aerata
© Machele White

Synchlora aerata
© Charles Lewallen

Synchlora aerata
© Carroll Rudy

Synchlora aerata
© Lynette Schimming

Synchlora aerata
© Lynette Schimming

Synchlora aerata
© Lynette Schimming

Synchlora aerata
© Yurika Alexander LG

Synchlora aerata
© Yurika Alexander LG

9106467059 – Southern Emerald – Synchlora frondaria
Synchlora frondaria
© Robert Patterson

Synchlora frondaria
© Machele White
pupa
Synchlora frondaria
© Machele White
host plant
9106617071 – Blackberry Looper – Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria
Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria
© Rob Curtis LG

Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria
© Tom Murray LG

Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria
© John Carr LG

Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria
© Lynette Schimming

Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria
© Tom Murray

Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria
© Tom Murray

Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria
© Betsy Higgins

Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria
© Janice Stiefel
5th instar
Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria
© Canadian National Collection LG

Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria
© Howell Curtis

Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria
© Carroll Rudy

9106757085 – Day Emerald – Mesothea incertata
Mesothea incertata
© Canadian National Collection LG

9100177132 – Common Tan Wave – Pleuroprucha insulsaria
Pleuroprucha insulsaria
© Machele White

Pleuroprucha insulsaria
© Machele White

Pleuroprucha insulsaria
© Bob Webster LG

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