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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
Clostera albosigma
930003  –  7895
© Martha Reinhardt
Clostera albosigma
Clostera inclusa
930004  –  7896
© Martha Reinhardt
Clostera inclusa
Clostera jocosa
930004.1  –  7896.1
© Craig Biegler LG
Clostera jocosa
Clostera inornata
930005  –  7897
© Charles Melton LG
day 38 - 32mm
Clostera inornata
Clostera strigosa
930006  –  7898
© Janice Stiefel
5th instar
Clostera strigosa
Clostera apicalis
930009  –  7901
© Janice Stiefel
5th instar
Clostera apicalis
Datana ministra
930033  –  7902
© Canadian National Collection LG
Datana ministra
Datana drexelii
930035  –  7904
© Tom Murray
Datana drexelii
Datana major
930036  –  7905
© McGuire Center LG
Datana major
Datana contracta
930037  –  7906
© Charles Lewallen
Datana contracta
Datana integerrima
930038  –  7907
© Charles Lewallen
Datana integerrima
Datana perspicua
930039  –  7908
© Bob Barber LG
Datana perspicua
Datana perfusa
930045.1  –  7914
© Margarethe Brummermann LG
Datana perfusa
Nadata gibbosa
930046  –  7915
© Leslie Angel LG
Nadata gibbosa
Paraeschra georgica
930011.1  –  7917
© Lynette Schimming LG
Paraeschra georgica
Paraeschra tortuosa
930011  –  7918
© Charles Melton LG
day 25 - 30mm
Paraeschra tortuosa
Peridea basitriens
930048  –  7919
© Tom Murray LG
Peridea basitriens
Peridea angulosa
930049  –  7920
© Charley Eiseman LG
Peridea angulosa
Peridea ferruginea
930050  –  7921
© Janice Steifel LG
4th instar, 20 days
Peridea ferruginea
Peridea bordeloni
930050.1  –  7921.1
© George Smiley LG
on Betula nigra
Peridea bordeloni

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