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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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Notodontidae - Lymantriidae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
Macrurocampa dorothea
930068  –  7976
© Bob Barber LG
on Gambel's Oak
Macrurocampa dorothea
Macrurocampa miranda
930068.1  –  7976.1
© Charles Melton LG
day 11 - 9mm
Macrurocampa miranda
Heterocampa astarte
930069  –  7977
© Machele White
Heterocampa astarte
Heterocampa astartoides
930070  –  7978
© Mike Quinn LG
Heterocampa astartoides
Heterocampa secessionis
930075.1  –  7981
© Ann Hendrickson LG
Heterocampa secessionis
Heterocampa varia
930074  –  7982
© Karen Chiasson LG
Heterocampa varia
Heterocampa obliqua
930075  –  7983
© Tom Murray LG
Heterocampa obliqua
Cecrita cubana
930087.14  –  7984
© Richard Crook LG
on red mangrove
Cecrita cubana
Rifargia subrotata
930087.5  –  7985
© Mike Quinn LG
Rifargia subrotata
Rifargia occiclina
930087.55  –  7986.1
© Charles Melton LG
day 20 - 22mm
Rifargia occiclina
Cecrita incongrua
930087.11  –  7989
© Charles Melton LG
day 26 - 29mm
Cecrita incongrua
Heterocampa umbrata
930082  –  7990
© Richard Crook LG
Heterocampa umbrata
Heterocampa pulverea
930082.1  –  7990.1
© Marvin & Jo Smith LG
Heterocampa pulverea
Heterocampa averna
930083  –  7991
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Heterocampa averna
Cecrita lunata
930087.15  –  7993
© Charles Melton LG
day 22 - 23mm
Cecrita lunata
Cecrita plumosa
930087.16  –  7993.1
© William Geoghegan LG
Cecrita plumosa
Cecrita guttivitta
930086  –  7994
© Mike Deep LG
Cecrita guttivitta
Cecrita biundata
930087  –  7995
© Yvonne Merriam LG
Cecrita biundata
Macrurocampa ruficornis
930068.5  –  7996
© Charles Melton LG
40mm on Emory Oak, Quercus emory
Macrurocampa ruficornis
Macrurocampa zayasi
930068.6  –  7997
© pythonbob LG
Macrurocampa zayasi

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