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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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Noctuidae (1)
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
9309938667Metria bilineata
Metria bilineata
© Nancy Goor LG

Metria bilineata
© Nancy Goor LG

Metria bilineata
© Jon McIntyre LG

Metria bilineata
© Mike D Overton LG

930999.18676.01Toxonprucha n. sp. 1
Toxonprucha n. sp. 1
© Ann Hendrickson LG

9310238689 – Lunate Zale – Zale lunata
Zale lunata
© Leslie Angel LG

Zale lunata
© Leslie Angel LG

Zale lunata
© George Smiley LG

Zale lunata
© George Smiley LG
on Dewberry (Rubus) 3rd instar 18mm
Zale lunata
© George Smiley LG
on Dewberry (Rubus) 4th instar 25mm
Zale lunata
© George Smiley LG
on Dewberry (Rubus) 5th instar 37mm
Zale lunata
© George Smiley LG

9310258691Zale declarans
Zale declarans
© Randy Newman
13 days
9310268692 – Maple Zale – Zale galbanata
Zale galbanata
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Zale galbanata
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Zale galbanata
© Troy Bartlett

9310298694 – Green-dusted Zale – Zale aeruginosa
Zale aeruginosa
© George Smiley LG
on Vaccinium arboreum
Zale aeruginosa
© George Smiley LG
on Vaccinium arboreum
9310308695 – Black Zale – Zale undularis
Zale undularis
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Zale undularis
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

9310328697 – Colorful Zale – Zale minerea
Zale minerea
© Canadian National Collection LG

Zale minerea
© Canadian National Collection LG

Zale minerea
© George Smiley LG
on oak (Quercus) sapling
Zale minerea
© George Smiley LG
on oak (Quercus) sapling
9310338698Zale phaeocapna
Zale phaeocapna
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Zale phaeocapna
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Zale phaeocapna
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Zale phaeocapna
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

9310348699 – Oblique Zale – Zale obliqua
Zale obliqua
© George Smiley LG
on Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda) 52mm
Zale obliqua
© George Smiley LG
41mm on Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda)

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