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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
9300557962Afilia oslari
Afilia oslari
© Charles Melton LG
day 28 - 25mm
930055.17962.1Afilia luma
Afilia luma
© David Barker LG
3rd instar
Afilia luma
© David Barker LG
2nd instar
Afilia luma
© David Barker LG
first week
Afilia luma
© David Barker LG
last instar 26mm on guajillo
930055.27962.2Afilia walshi
Afilia walshi
LG - © Charles W. Melton

930051.57963Scevesia angustiora
Scevesia angustiora
© Charles Melton LG
day 64 - 29mm
Scevesia angustiora
© Charles Melton LG
day 43 - 19mm
Scevesia angustiora
© Charles Melton LG
day 33 - 12mm
9300527964Cargida pyrrha
Cargida pyrrha
© Sue Carnahan LG
on Ziziphus obtusifolia (Rhamnaceae)
Cargida pyrrha
© Seth Ausubel LG

Cargida pyrrha
© Tom Murray LG

Cargida pyrrha
© Bob Beatson LG

Cargida pyrrha
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Cargida pyrrha
© Tony Palmer LG

9300577965Caribbeana bichorda
Caribbeana bichorda
© Jade Fortnash LG

9300607968Litodonta hydromeli
Litodonta hydromeli
© Mike Quinn LG

Litodonta hydromeli
© Mike Quinn LG

Litodonta hydromeli
© Mike Quinn LG

Litodonta hydromeli
© Mike Quinn LG

Litodonta hydromeli
© Giff Beaton LG
on Sideroxylon
9300627970Astiptodonta wymola
Astiptodonta wymola
© Charles Melton LG
on ocotillo, Fouquieria splendens day 22 - 30mm
Astiptodonta wymola
© Charles Melton LG
on ocotillo, Fouquieria splendens day 21 - 30mm
Astiptodonta wymola
© Charles Melton LG
on ocotillo, Fouquieria splendens day 15 - 20mm
Astiptodonta wymola
© Charles Melton LG
on ocotillo, Fouquieria splendens day 10 - 10mm
930063.57971.1Baltodonta broui
Baltodonta broui
© Ashley Bosarge LG
on American snowbell (Styrax americanus)
Baltodonta broui
© Vitaly Charny LG

Baltodonta broui
© Ashley Bosarge LG
on American snowbell (Styrax americanus)
Baltodonta broui
© George Smiley LG
on American Snowbell (Styrax americanus)
Baltodonta broui
© George Smiley LG
on American Snowbell (Styrax americanus)
Baltodonta broui
© George Smiley LG
on American Snowbell (Styrax americanus)
Baltodonta broui
© Ashley Bosarge LG
on American snowbell (Styrax americanus)
Baltodonta broui
© Ashley Bosarge LG
on American snowbell (Styrax americanus)
930068.37972Macrurocampa gigantea
Macrurocampa gigantea
© Charles Melton LG
day 42 - 33mm
Macrurocampa gigantea
© Charles Melton LG
day 37 - 37mm
Macrurocampa gigantea
© Charles Melton LG
day 27 - 20mm
Macrurocampa gigantea
© Charles Melton LG
day 12 - 8mm

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