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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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Noctuidae (1)
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
Acronicta superans
931444.2  –  9226
© Roxanne Bertrand (Quebec.ca) LG
on Betula alleghaniensis
Acronicta superans
Acronicta laetifica
931444  –  9227
© George Smiley LG
38mm on Carpinus caroliniana
Acronicta laetifica
Acronicta hasta
931441.2  –  9229
© Canadian National Collection LG
Acronicta hasta
Acronicta morula
931444.3  –  9236
© Anthony W. Thomas
Acronicta morula
Acronicta interrupta
931441.3  –  9237
© M. J. Hatfield
Acronicta interrupta
Acronicta lobeliae
931444.4  –  9238
© Valerie G. Bugh
Acronicta lobeliae
Acronicta fragilis
931427.1  –  9241
© Giff Beaton LG
on beech
Acronicta fragilis
Acronicta exilis
931419.84  –  9242
© Karen Chiasson LG
Acronicta exilis
Acronicta ovata
931419.83  –  9243
© Lew Scharpf
Acronicta ovata
Acronicta modica
931419.86  –  9244
© Jason Dombroskie
Acronicta modica
Acronicta clarescens
931434.2  –  9246
© Bob Barber LG
Acronicta clarescens
Acronicta tristis
931419.89  –  9247
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Acronicta tristis
Acronicta hamamelis
931434.5  –  9248
© Giff Beaton LG
on witch hazel
Acronicta hamamelis
Acronicta increta
931419.87  –  9249
© Leslie Angel LG
Acronicta increta
Acronicta retardata
931419.73  –  9251
© Richard Crook LG
Acronicta retardata
Acronicta afflicta
931419.77  –  9254
© McGuire Center LG
Acronicta afflicta
Acronicta brumosa
931419.79  –  9255
© Giff Beaton LG
Acronicta brumosa
Acronicta impleta
931474  –  9257
© Bob Cammarata LG
Acronicta impleta
Acronicta sperata
931477.5  –  9258
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Acronicta sperata
Acronicta noctivaga
931477.4  –  9259
© Janice Stiefel
5th instar
Acronicta noctivaga

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