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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
Tyria jacobaeae
930347  –  8113
© Lynette Schimming
Tyria jacobaeae
Virbia aurantiaca
930336.57  –  8121
© Canadian National Collection LG
Virbia aurantiaca
Virbia immaculata
930336.66  –  8124
© McGuire Center LG
Virbia immaculata
Virbia fragilis
930336.6  –  8125
© McGuire Center LG
Virbia fragilis
Pyrrharctia isabella
930335  –  8129
© Bob Moul
Pyrrharctia isabella
Seirarctia echo
930308  –  8130
© McGuire Center LG
Seirarctia echo
Estigmene acrea
930317  –  8131
© Bob Moul
Estigmene acrea
Spilosoma latipennis
930311  –  8133
© Carroll Rudy
4th instar
Spilosoma latipennis
Spilosoma congrua
930309  –  8134
© Troy Bartlett
Spilosoma congrua
Spilosoma dubia
930310  –  8136
© Canadian National Collection LG
Spilosoma dubia
Spilosoma virginica
930316  –  8137
© Canadian National Collection LG
Spilosoma virginica
Hyphantria cunea
930319  –  8140
© Nolie Schneider
Hyphantria cunea
Hypercompe permaculata
930321  –  8144
© Marius Aurelian
Hypercompe permaculata
Hypercompe scribonia
930323  –  8146
© Sasha Azevedo LG
Hypercompe scribonia
Hypercompe suffusa
930325  –  8149
© Salvador Vitanza LG
on Cat's-Claw Vine (Dolichandra unguis-cati)
Hypercompe suffusa
Arachnis aulaea
930330  –  8155
© Tom Bentley LG
Arachnis aulaea
Phragmatobia fuliginosa
930332  –  8156
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Phragmatobia fuliginosa
Chelis lafontainei
930237  –  8160.1
© Canadian National Collection LG
Chelis lafontainei
Arctia parthenos
930288  –  8162
© Jason Dombroskie
Arctia parthenos
Arctia virginalis
930289  –  8163
© Marius V. Aurelian
Arctia virginalis

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