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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: Acontiinae-Pantheinae
9313549143 – Four-spotted Bird-dropping Moth – Tarache tetragona
Tarache tetragona
© Arlene Ripley
Tarache tetragona
© Jim McCann
Tarache tetragona
© Charles Melton
Tarache tetragona
© Rob Curtis
9313519145 – Curve-lined Bird-dropping Moth – Tarache terminimaculata
Tarache terminimaculata
© Ren Tumlison
Tarache terminimaculata
© Machele White
Tarache terminimaculata
© Machele White
Tarache terminimaculata
© Nolie Schneider
9313499146 – Delightful Bird-dropping Moth – Tarache delecta
Tarache delecta
© Mark Dreiling
9313739148Tarache lucasi
Tarache lucasi
© Jillian Cowles
Tarache lucasi
© Charles Melton
Tarache lucasi
© Charles Melton
Tarache lucasi
© Arlene Ripley
9313639149Tarache expolita
Tarache expolita
© Robert Pearson
Tarache expolita
© Charles Melton
Tarache expolita
© Maury Heiman
Tarache expolita
© Randy Hardy
9313609150Tarache arida
Tarache arida
© Margarethe Brummermann
9313629151Tarache cora
Tarache cora
© Philip Kline
9313729153Tarache lanceolata
Tarache lanceolata
© Randy Hardy
Tarache lanceolata
© Charles Melton - DNA
9313679154Tarache sedata
Tarache sedata
© Randy Hardy
9313709157Tarache bilimeki
Tarache bilimeki
© Jillian Cowles
Tarache bilimeki
© Charles Melton - DNA

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