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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
93313810587 – Cynical Quaker – Orthodes cynica
Orthodes cynica
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Orthodes cynica
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Orthodes cynica
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Orthodes cynica
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Orthodes cynica
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Orthodes cynica
© John G. Franclemont CUIC

933156.110601"Hexorthodes" accurata

© Bob Beatson LG


© Bob Beatson LG


© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG


© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG


© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG


© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG


© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

93320410634Lophoceramica artega
Lophoceramica artega
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Lophoceramica artega
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

93321010640 – Spanish Moth – Xanthopastis regnatrix
Xanthopastis regnatrix
© Jane & John Balaban

Xanthopastis regnatrix
© Lyn Atherton LG

93350610641 – Old Man Dart – Agrotis vetusta
Agrotis vetusta
© Canadian National Collection LG

Agrotis vetusta
© Canadian National Collection LG

93351210645Agrotis orthogonia
Agrotis orthogonia
© Canadian National Collection LG

Agrotis orthogonia
© Canadian National Collection LG

93351610651 – Venerable Dart – Agrotis venerabilis
Agrotis venerabilis
© Canadian National Collection LG

Agrotis venerabilis
© Canadian National Collection LG

93352110659 – Voluble Dart – Agrotis volubilis
Agrotis volubilis
© Canadian National Collection LG

93352610661 – Rascal Dart – Agrotis malefida
Agrotis malefida
© McGuire Center LG

93352810663 – Ipsilon Dart – Agrotis ipsilon
Agrotis ipsilon
© Roxanne Bertrand (Quebec.ca) LG
on Picea glauca
Agrotis ipsilon
© Roxanne Bertrand (Quebec.ca) LG
on Pinus banksiana
Agrotis ipsilon
© Betsy Higgins

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