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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 (2)
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
9319799314 – Eight-spotted Forester Moth – Alypia octomaculata
Alypia octomaculata
© Mike Quinn LG

Alypia octomaculata
© Valerie G. Bugh

Alypia octomaculata
© Lynette Schimming

Alypia octomaculata
© Canadian National Collection LG

Alypia octomaculata
© Canadian National Collection LG

Alypia octomaculata
© Lee Ruth

Alypia octomaculata
© Mike Quinn LG

Alypia octomaculata
© Betsy Higgins

Alypia octomaculata
© Robin Seeber LG

Alypia octomaculata
© Sam Houston LG

Alypia octomaculata
© Tom Murray LG

Alypia octomaculata
© William Dedo LG

9319809316 – Wittfeld's Forester Moth – Alypia wittfeldii
Alypia wittfeldii
© Machele White

Alypia wittfeldii
© Lyn Atherton LG

Alypia wittfeldii
© Mike Deep

Alypia wittfeldii
© Matthew Priebe LG
on a live oak
9319819318 – Langton's Forester Moth – Alypia langtoni
Alypia langtoni
© Harvey Schmidt LG

Alypia langtoni
© Tom Murray LG

Alypia langtoni
© Anthony W. Thomas

9319829319 – Ridings' Forester Moth – Alypia ridingsii
Alypia ridingsii
© Aaron Schusteff LG

Alypia ridingsii
© Aaron Schusteff LG

Alypia ridingsii
© Alice Abela LG

Alypia ridingsii
© Ceal Klinger LG

9319839320Alypia mariposa
Alypia mariposa
© Timothy Boomer LG

Alypia mariposa
© Robert Gorman LG
on Clarkia
9319849321 – MacCulloch's Forester Moth – Androloma maccullochii
Androloma maccullochii
© Bob Webster LG

Androloma maccullochii
© Bob Webster LG

9319859322Androloma disparata
Androloma disparata
© Mike Quinn

Androloma disparata
© Jane & John Balaban LG

Androloma disparata
© Jane & John Balaban LG

Androloma disparata
© Giff Beaton LG
on Ampelopsis cordata
9323149364 – Bordered Apamea – Apamea sordens
Apamea sordens
© Stephen Luk

9323509382 – Glassy Cutworm – Apamea devastator
Apamea devastator
© Canadian National Collection LG

9323779402"Oligia" chlorostigma

© Canadian National Collection LG


© Canadian National Collection LG

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