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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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Notodontidae - Lymantriidae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
9301618309 – Western Tussock Moth – Orgyia vetusta
Orgyia vetusta
© Aaron Schusteff LG

Orgyia vetusta
© Aaron Schusteff LG

Orgyia vetusta
© Don Loarie LG

Orgyia vetusta
© Moria Robinson on Ceanothus cuneatus LG
and Arctostaphylos manzanita
Orgyia vetusta
© Moria Robinson on Adenostoma fasciculatum, LG
and Quercus wislizenii and berberidifolia
Orgyia vetusta
© Moria Robinson on Ceanothus cuneatus LG
and Quercus wislizenii and berberidifolia
Orgyia vetusta
© Hartmut Wisch

9301648312 – Douglas Fir Tussock Moth – Orgyia pseudotsugata
Orgyia pseudotsugata
© Bob Barber LG

Orgyia pseudotsugata
© Lynette Schimming LG

Orgyia pseudotsugata
© Will Chatfield-Taylor LG

Orgyia pseudotsugata
© William Geoghegan LG

Orgyia pseudotsugata
© Marius Aurelian

Orgyia pseudotsugata
© Marius Aurelian

Orgyia pseudotsugata
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Orgyia pseudotsugata
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

9301658313 – Fir Tussock Moth – Orgyia detrita
Orgyia detrita
© Seth Ausubel LG

Orgyia detrita
© Jon Hart LG

Orgyia detrita
© Jon Hart LG

Orgyia detrita
© Giff Beaton LG
on Oak
Orgyia detrita
© Gary McClellan LG

Orgyia detrita
© Gary McClellan LG

9301668314 – Definite Tussock Moth – Orgyia definita
Orgyia definita
© Canadian National Collection LG

Orgyia definita
© Janice Stiefel
5th instar
Orgyia definita
© Chris Adam LG

Orgyia definita
© Martha Reinhardt

Orgyia definita
© Janice Stiefel
5th instar
Orgyia definita
© Martha Reinhardt

Orgyia definita
© Martha Reinhardt

Orgyia definita
© Martha Reinhardt

Orgyia definita
© Janice Stiefel
pupa
9301678315Orgyia leuschneri
Orgyia leuschneri
© Jason Robert O'Gorman LG

Orgyia leuschneri
Photo © 2019 by Tyger Gilbert LG

9301688316 – White-marked Tussock Moth – Orgyia leucostigma
Orgyia leucostigma
© Nolie Schneider

Orgyia leucostigma
© Canadian National Collection LG

Orgyia leucostigma
© Canadian National Collection LG

Orgyia leucostigma
© Bob Moul

Orgyia leucostigma
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Orgyia leucostigma
© Robert Patterson
parasitoids
Orgyia leucostigma
© Canadian National Collection LG

Orgyia leucostigma
© Jason Dombroskie

Orgyia leucostigma
© Jason Dombroskie

Orgyia leucostigma
© Larry de March

Orgyia leucostigma
© Janice Stiefel
5th instar
Orgyia leucostigma
© Larry de March

9301418318 – Spongy Moth – Lymantria dispar
Lymantria dispar
© Canadian National Collection LG

Lymantria dispar
© Canadian National Collection LG

Lymantria dispar
© Canadian National Collection LG

Lymantria dispar
© Chris Adam LG

Lymantria dispar
© Jason Dombroskie

Lymantria dispar
© Jason Dombroskie

Lymantria dispar
© Seth Ausubel LG

Lymantria dispar
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Lymantria dispar
© Nolie Schneider

Lymantria dispar
© Nolie Schneider

Lymantria dispar
© Jason Dombroskie

Lymantria dispar
© Jason Dombroskie
pupae
9301708319 – Satin Moth – Leucoma salicis
Leucoma salicis
© Don Johnston LG

Leucoma salicis
© Martha Reinhardt

Leucoma salicis
© Lynette Schimming LG

Leucoma salicis
© Canadian National Collection LG

Leucoma salicis
© Canadian National Collection LG

Leucoma salicis
© Lynette Schimming LG

Leucoma salicis
© Heidi Ware LG

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