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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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Epiplemidae - Sphingidae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
Hemileuca juno
890045  –  7735
© Bob Beatson LG
Hemileuca juno
Hemileuca electra
890044  –  7736
© Evan Rand LG
5th instar - 50 mm
Hemileuca electra
Hemileuca nuttalli
890053  –  7743
© Marius Aurelian
on Pursia tridentata
Hemileuca nuttalli
Automeris io
890055  –  7746
© Seth Ausubel LG
Automeris io
Automeris cecrops
890059  –  7748
© Tom Bentley
Automeris cecrops
Automeris zephyria
890060  –  7749
© Paul Brophy
Automeris zephyria
Agapema homogena
890069  –  7756
© Margarethe Brummermann LG
Agapema homogena
Antheraea polyphemus
890070  –  7757
© Canadian National Collection LG
Antheraea polyphemus
Antheraea oculea
890071  –  7757.1
© Salvador Vitanza LG
feeding on southern oak leaves
Antheraea oculea
Actias luna
890072  –  7758
© Betsy Higgins LG
Actias luna
Samia cynthia
890074  –  7759
© Janice Stiefel
5th instar
Samia cynthia
Rothschildia cinctus
890076  –  7760
© David Bygott
Rothschildia cinctus
Eupackardia calleta
890078  –  7763
© Arlene Ripley
Eupackardia calleta
Callosamia promethea
890079  –  7764
© McGuire Center LG
Callosamia promethea
Callosamia angulifera
890080  –  7765
© L. Wayne Thompson LG
Callosamia angulifera
Callosamia securifera
890081  –  7766
© Alan Chin-Lee
eggs
Callosamia securifera
Hyalophora cecropia
890082  –  7767
© Valerie G. Bugh
Hyalophora cecropia
Hyalophora columbia
890083  –  7768
© Canadian National Collection LG
Hyalophora columbia
Hyalophora euryalus
890085  –  7770
© Peter J. Bryant
4th instar
Hyalophora euryalus
Agrius cingulata
890086  –  7771
© Brody J. Thomassen LG
Agrius cingulata
Cocytius antaeus
890087  –  7772
© Alan Chin-Lee
Cocytius antaeus
Manduca sexta
890090  –  7775
© L. Wayne Thompson LG
Manduca sexta
Manduca quinquemaculatus
890091  –  7776
© Valerie G. Bugh
Manduca quinquemaculatus
Manduca rustica
890092  –  7778
© Ken Childs LG
Manduca rustica
Manduca jasminearum
890096  –  7783
© Teá Montagna LG
5th Instar on Fraxinus
Manduca jasminearum
Dolba hyloeus
890100  –  7784
© Brody J. Thomassen LG
Dolba hyloeus
Ceratomia amyntor
890102  –  7786
© George Smiley LG
on Betula nigra
Ceratomia amyntor
Ceratomia undulosa
890103  –  7787
© George Smiley LG
on Forestiera acuminata
Ceratomia undulosa
Ceratomia catalpae
890105  –  7789
© McGuire Center LG
Ceratomia catalpae
Ceratomia hageni
890106  –  7790
© Teá Montagna LG
5th Instar
Ceratomia hageni
Isoparce cupressi
890108  –  7791
© Richard Crook LG
Isoparce cupressi
Paratrea plebeja
890110  –  7793
© George Smiley LG
on Campsis radicans
Paratrea plebeja
Lintneria eremitus
890128  –  7796
© Janice Stiefel
5th instar
Lintneria eremitus
Sphinx perelegans
890114  –  7805
© Moria Robinson LG
Host: Arctostaphylos viscida
Sphinx perelegans
Sphinx asellus
890115  –  7806
© Teá Montagna LG
1st Instar
Sphinx asellus
Sphinx kalmiae
890118  –  7809
© Tim Dyson
5th instar
Sphinx kalmiae
Sphinx gordius
890119  –  7810
© Bruce Duncan
Sphinx gordius
Sphinx poecila
890121  –  7810.1
© Jason Dombroskie
Sphinx poecila
Sphinx luscitiosa
890122  –  7811
© Canadian National Collection LG
Sphinx luscitiosa
Sphinx drupiferarum
890123  –  7812
© Janice Stiefel
5th instar
Sphinx drupiferarum

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