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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
Arctia lapponica
930285  –  8165
© Canadian National Collection LG
Arctia lapponica
Arctia yarrowii
930286  –  8165.2
© Canadian National Collection LG
Arctia yarrowii
Arctia caja
930290  –  8166
© Jason Dombroskie
Arctia caja
Arctia opulenta
930291  –  8166.1
© David Livingstone
Arctia opulenta
Apantesis phalerata
930278  –  8169
© Ken Childs LG
Apantesis phalerata
Apantesis quenseli
930250  –  8172
© Canadian National Collection LG
Apantesis quenseli
Apantesis virguncula
930247  –  8175
© Carl Barrentine LG
Apantesis virguncula
Apantesis incorrupta
930255  –  8180
© Bob Beatson LG
Apantesis incorrupta
Apantesis phyllira
930242  –  8194
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Apantesis phyllira
Apantesis parthenice
930246  –  8196
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Apantesis parthenice
Apantesis virgo
930244  –  8197
© Canadian National Collection LG
Apantesis virgo
Apantesis arge
930240  –  8199
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Apantesis arge
Hypocrisias minima
930359  –  8201
© Bob Beatson LG
Hypocrisias minima
Halysidota cinctipes
930364  –  8202
© McGuire Center LG
Halysidota cinctipes
Halysidota tessellaris
930360  –  8203
© Martha Reinhardt
Halysidota tessellaris
Halysidota harrisii
930361  –  8204
© Ken Childs LG
Halysidota harrisii
Halysidota schausi
930363  –  8205.1
© James Bailey LG
Halysidota schausi
Lophocampa ingens
930367  –  8208
© Bob Barber LG
Lophocampa ingens
Lophocampa argentata
930368  –  8209
© Lynette Schimming
Lophocampa argentata
Lophocampa caryae
930370  –  8211
© Betsy Higgins
Lophocampa caryae

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