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Digital Guide to Moth Identification |
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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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Larvae Photos: Epiplemidae - Sphingidae
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| 7668 – Bombyx mori |
![]() © Peter J. Bryant ![]() © Peter J. Bryant |
| 7673 – Tolype laricis |
![]() © Anthony W. Thomas ![]() © Jason Dombroskie |
| 7681 – Apotolype brevicrista |
![]() © Arlene Ripley fall larva ![]() © Arlene Ripley winter cocoon ![]() © Arlene Ripley |
| 7687 – Phyllodesma americana |
![]() © Troy Bartlett ![]() © Janice Stiefel 5th instar - 31 days ![]() © Jason Dombroskie |
| 7695 – Gloveria gargamelle |
![]() © Valerie G. Bugh ![]() © Valerie G. Bugh |
| 7698 – Malacosoma disstria |
![]() © Charles Lewallen ![]() © Nolie Schneider ![]() © Nolie Schneider ![]() © Jason Dombroskie eggs ![]() © Jason Dombroskie ![]() © Valerie G. Bugh ![]() © Valerie G. Bugh |
| 7701 – Malacosoma americana |
![]() © Jim Kennedy ![]() © Nolie Schneider ![]() © Nolie Schneider ![]() © Nolie Schneider ![]() © Stephen Cresswell ![]() © Stephen Cresswell 1st instar ![]() © Tony DiTerlizzi pupa ![]() © Jason Dombroskie ![]() © Jason Dombroskie |
| 7704 – Imperial Moth – Eacles imperialis |
![]() © Robert Patterson ![]() © Robert Patterson ![]() © Stuart Schwartz 3rd instar ![]() © Stuart Schwartz 5th instar ![]() © Stuart Schwartz 4th instar ![]() © Lew Scharpf ![]() © Stuart Schwartz 4th instar ![]() © Robert Patterson |
| 7706 – Royal Walnut Moth – Citheronia regalis |
![]() © Debbie Roos ![]() © Stuart Schwartz hatchling ![]() © Troy Bartlett ![]() © Troy Bartlett ![]() © Troy Bartlett ![]() © Troy Bartlett ![]() © Troy Bartlett |
| 7711 – Syssphinx hubbardi |
![]() © Jillian Cowes ![]() © Arlene Ripley 1st instar |
| 7715 – Rosy Maple Moth – Dryocampa rubicunda |
![]() © Martha Reinhardt ![]() © Martha Reinhardt |
| 7716 – Spiny Oakworm Moth – Anisota stigma |
![]() © Jim Kennedy ![]() © Howell Curtis |
| 7719 – Orange-tipped Oakworm Moth – Anisota senatoria |
![]() © Lee Ruth ![]() © Lee Ruth |
| 7720 – Peigler's Oakworm Moth – Anisota peigleri |
![]() © Patrick Coin 1st instar ![]() © Patrick Coin eggs |
| 7723 – Pink-striped Oakworm Moth – Anisota virginiensis |
![]() © Machele White ![]() © Charles Lewallen ![]() © Jason Dombroskie ![]() © Jo McGavin |
| 7730 – Buck Moth – Hemileuca maia |
![]() © Tom Murray ![]() © Lee Ruth ![]() © Lee Ruth ![]() © Lee Ruth ![]() © Tom Murray ![]() © Tom Murray ![]() © Tom Murray 1st instar |
| 7732 – New England Buck Moth – Hemileuca lucina |
![]() © Martha Reinhardt ![]() © Martha Reinhardt |
| 7733 – Grote's Buck Moth – Hemileuca grotei |
![]() © Valerie G. Bugh |
| 7735 – Juno Buck Moth – Hemileuca juno |
![]() © Bob Barber |
| 7746 – Io Moth – Automeris io |
![]() © Alan Chin-Lee ![]() © Charles Lewallen ![]() © Machele White ![]() © Troy Bartlett ![]() © Alan Chin-Lee 4th or 5th instar ![]() © Machele White ![]() © Valerie G. Bugh |
| 7749 – Automeris zephyria |
![]() © Paul Brophy |
| 7757 – Polyphemus Moth – Antheraea polyphemus |
![]() © Jim Kennedy ![]() © Stuart Schwartz ![]() © Stuart Schwartz 4th instar ![]() © Jim Kennedy ![]() © Jason Dombroskie ![]() © Lee Ruth 1st instar |
| 7758 – Luna Moth – Actias luna |
![]() © Stuart Schwartz 5th instar ![]() © Troy Bartlett ![]() © Stuart Schwartz varieties |
| 7759 – Ailanthus Silkmoth – Samia cynthia |
![]() © Janice Stiefel 5th instar |
| 7763 – Calleta Silkmoth – Eupackardia calleta |
![]() © Arlene Ripley |
| 7764 – Promethea Moth – Callosamia promethea |
![]() © Becka Crook ![]() © Stuart Schwartz 1st instar ![]() © Stuart Schwartz 2nd instar ![]() © Stuart Schwartz 3rd instar ![]() © Jay Cossey ![]() © Stuart Schwartz 4th instar ![]() © Jason Dombroskie ![]() © Jason Dombroskie ![]() © Jason Dombroskie ![]() © Stan Malcolm 1st instar ![]() © Stan Malcolm ![]() © Dave Pelletier |
| 7766 – Sweetbay Silkmoth – Callosamia securifera |
![]() © Alan Chin-Lee eggs |
| 7767 – Cecropia Moth – Hyalophora cecropia |
![]() © Anthony W. Thomas ![]() © Robin Mcleod ![]() © Stuart Schwartz 2nd & 3rd instars ![]() © Stuart Schwartz 4th instar ![]() © Stuart Schwartz 5th instar ![]() © Anthony W. Thomas ![]() © Robin Mcleod ![]() © Vernon A. Brou, Jr. ![]() © Valerie G. Bugh |
| 7770 – Ceanothus Silkmoth – Hyalophora euryalus |
![]() © Peter J. Bryant ![]() © Peter J. Bryant ![]() © Peter J. Bryant ![]() © Peter J. Bryant 1st instar ![]() © Peter J. Bryant 2nd instar ![]() © Peter J. Bryant 3rd instar ![]() © Peter J. Bryant 4th instar ![]() © Peter J. Bryant 5th instar |
| 7772 – Giant Sphinx Moth – Cocytius antaeus |
![]() © Alan Chin-Lee |
| 7775 – Carolina Sphinx Moth – Manduca sexta |
![]() © Hannah Nendick-Mason ![]() © Hannah Nendick-Mason ![]() © John Himmelman ![]() © Martha Reinhardt originally ![]() © Martha Reinhardt 9 hrs. later ![]() © Peter J. Bryant hatchling ![]() © Peter J. Bryant early instar ![]() © Peter J. Bryant late instar ![]() © Peter J. Bryant middle instar ![]() © Peter J. Bryant pre pupa ![]() © Peter J. Bryant pupa ![]() © Peter J. Bryant pupa molt |
| 7776 – Five-spotted Hawk Moth – Manduca quinquemaculatus |
![]() © Bryan Reynolds ![]() © Janice Stiefel ![]() © Janice Stiefel ![]() © Valerie G. Bugh |
| 7778 – Rustic Sphinx Moth – Manduca rustica |
![]() © Alan Chin-Lee ![]() © Alan Chin-Lee ![]() © Valerie G. Bugh |
| 7783 – Ash Sphinx Moth – Manduca jasminearum |
![]() © Sean McCann ![]() © Martha Reinhardt |
| 7784 – Pawpaw Sphinx Moth – Dolba hyloeus |
![]() © Patrick Coin |
| 7787 – Waved Sphinx Moth – Ceratomia undulosa |
![]() © Bev Wigney |
| 7789 – Catalpa Sphinx Moth – Ceratomia catalpae |
![]() © Charles Lewallen ![]() © Charles Lewallen |
| 7796 – Hermit Sphinx Moth – Lintneria eremitus |
![]() © Gerald Fauske ![]() © Janice Stiefel 5th instar |
| 7802 – Great Ash Sphinx Moth – Sphinx chersis |
![]() © Bev Wigney ![]() © Janice Stiefel 5th instar ![]() © Martha Reinhardt ![]() © Martha Reinhardt ![]() © Martha Reinhardt ![]() © Nolie Schneider |
| 7809 – Laurel Sphinx Moth – Sphinx kalmiae |
![]() © Dave Pelletier ![]() © Tim Dyson 4th instar ![]() © Tim Dyson 5th instar ![]() © Tim Dyson pupa |
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