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Digital Guide to Moth Identification

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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Epiplemidae - Sphingidae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
8900467733 – Grote's Buck Moth – Hemileuca grotei
Hemileuca grotei
© Valerie G. Bugh

8900457735 – Juno Buck Moth – Hemileuca juno
Hemileuca juno
© Bob Beatson LG

Hemileuca juno
© Bob Barber

Hemileuca juno
© Arlene Ripley
on Prospis velutina
Hemileuca juno
© Bob Barber LG

Hemileuca juno
© Arlene Ripley

Hemileuca juno
© Arlene Ripley

8900447736Hemileuca electra
Hemileuca electra
© Evan Rand LG
5th instar - 50 mm
8900537743Hemileuca nuttalli
Hemileuca nuttalli
© Marius Aurelian
on Pursia tridentata
8900557746 – Io Moth – Automeris io
Automeris io
© Seth Ausubel LG

Automeris io
© Seth Ausubel LG

Automeris io
© Machele White

Automeris io
© Valerie G. Bugh

Automeris io
© Canadian National Collection LG

Automeris io
© Alan Chin-Lee
4th or 5th instar
Automeris io
© Tucker J. Cooley LG
eggs
Automeris io
© Charles Lewallen

Automeris io
© Troy Bartlett

Automeris io
© Machele White

Automeris io
© Alan Chin-Lee

Automeris io
© Richard Crook LG

8900597748Automeris cecrops
Automeris cecrops
© Tom Bentley

Automeris cecrops
© Tom Bentley

Automeris cecrops
© McGuire Center LG

Automeris cecrops
Photo © 2019 by Tyger Gilbert LG

8900607749 – Zephyr-eyed Silkmoth – Automeris zephyria
Automeris zephyria
© Paul Brophy

8900697756Agapema homogena
Agapema homogena
© Margarethe Brummermann LG

8900707757 – Polyphemus Moth – Antheraea polyphemus
Antheraea polyphemus
© Canadian National Collection LG

Antheraea polyphemus
© Leslie Angel LG

Antheraea polyphemus
© Betsy Higgins

Antheraea polyphemus
© Stuart Schwartz

Antheraea polyphemus
© Martha Reinhardt

Antheraea polyphemus
© Seth Ausubel LG

Antheraea polyphemus
© Jim Kennedy

Antheraea polyphemus
© Lee Ruth
1st instar
Antheraea polyphemus
© Leslie Angel LG

Antheraea polyphemus
© Jim Kennedy

Antheraea polyphemus
© Martha Reinhardt

Antheraea polyphemus
© Jason Dombroskie

Antheraea polyphemus
© Bob Moul

8900717757.1 – Western Polyphemus Moth – Antheraea oculea
Antheraea oculea
© Salvador Vitanza LG
feeding on southern oak leaves

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