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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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Butterflies - Drepanidae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
Tharsalea hyllus
770481  –  4256
© Bob Barber
Tharsalea hyllus
Tharsalea epixanthe
770484  –  4260
© Jason Dombroskie
Tharsalea epixanthe
Eumaeus atala
770594  –  4268
© Paul Ayick LG
Eumaeus atala
Atlides halesus
770591  –  4270
© Robert Gorman LG
eating on the end of mistletoe twig
Atlides halesus
Satyrium calanus
770541  –  4282
© Jessica Durand (Quebec.ca) LG
on Quercus rubra
Satyrium calanus
Callophrys spinetorum
770503  –  4310
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Callophrys spinetorum
Strymon melinus
770569  –  4336
© Howell Curtis
Strymon melinus
Celastrina ladon
770630  –  4363
© Howell Curtis
Celastrina ladon
Dione incarnata
770717  –  4413
© Bob Patterson
Dione incarnata
Polygonia interrogationis
770813  –  4420
© Yurika Alexander LG
Polygonia interrogationis
Polygonia comma
770814  –  4421
© Betsy Higgins
Polygonia comma
Polygonia faunus
770821  –  4423
© Jason Dombroskie
Polygonia faunus
Polygonia gracilis
770819  –  4427
© Bob Barber LG
Polygonia gracilis
Nymphalis l-album
770809  –  4430
© Roxanne Bertrand (Quebec.ca) LG
on Betula papyrifera
Nymphalis l-album
Nymphalis antiopa
770811  –  4432
© Josée Quimper (LG
found on Populus tremuloides
Nymphalis antiopa
Aglais milberti
770806  –  4433
© Jason Dombroskie
Aglais milberti
Vanessa virginiensis
770823  –  4434
© McGuire Center LG
Vanessa virginiensis
Vanessa cardui
770824  –  4435
© Jason Dombroskie
Vanessa cardui
Junonia coenia
770831  –  4440
© Seth Ausubel LG
Junonia coenia
Euptoieta claudia
770720  –  4447
© Martha Reinhardt
Euptoieta claudia

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