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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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Geometridae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
9107696348 – Hemlock Angle – Macaria fissinotata
Macaria fissinotata
© Jason Dombroskie

9107726353 – Many-lined Angle – Macaria multilineata
Macaria multilineata
© Giff Beaton LG
on Eastern Red Cedar
Macaria multilineata
© Giff Beaton LG
on Eastern Red Cedar
Macaria multilineata
© George Smiley LG
on Juniperus virginiana - 23mm
Macaria multilineata
© George Smiley LG
11.5mm
Macaria multilineata
© Ken Childs LG
hanging from red cedar
Macaria multilineata
© Ken Childs LG
hanging from red cedar
9106936360 – Four-spotted Angle – Trigrammia quadrinotaria
Trigrammia quadrinotaria
© Karen Chiasson LG
on Red Buckeye (Aesculus pavia)
Trigrammia quadrinotaria
© Karen Chiasson LG
on Red Buckeye (Aesculus pavia)
9107896362 – Curve-lined Angle – Digrammia continuata
Digrammia continuata
© Roxanne Bertrand (Quebec.ca) LG
on Thuya occidentalis
Digrammia continuata
© Jim Sogaard LG
20mm - from redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)
Digrammia continuata
© Jim Sogaard LG
20mm - from redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)
Digrammia continuata
© Canadian National Collection LG

Digrammia continuata
© Canadian National Collection LG

9107966363.2Digrammia cinereola
Digrammia cinereola
© Nicholas Pardikes LG
2nd instar on Juniper
Digrammia cinereola
© Nicholas Pardikes LG
3rd instar on Juniper
Digrammia cinereola
© Nicholas Pardikes LG
4th instar on Juniper
Digrammia cinereola
© Nicholas Pardikes LG
5th instar on Juniper
Digrammia cinereola
© Nicholas Pardikes LG
5th instar on Juniper
Digrammia cinereola
© Nicholas Pardikes LG
5th instar on Juniper
Digrammia cinereola
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Digrammia cinereola
© John G. Franclemont CUIC

9108226405 – Hollow-spotted Angle – Digrammia gnophosaria
Digrammia gnophosaria
© Ann Hendrickson LG
Fifth instar
Digrammia gnophosaria
© Ann Hendrickson LG
Fifth instar
Digrammia gnophosaria
© Ann Hendrickson LG
Third instar
Digrammia gnophosaria
© George Smiley LG
on Black Willow (Salix nigra) - 25mm
Digrammia gnophosaria
© George Smiley LG
on Black Willow (Salix nigra) - 25mm
Digrammia gnophosaria
© George Smiley LG
on Black Willow (Salix nigra) - 24mm
Digrammia gnophosaria
© George Smiley LG
prepupal - 20mm
Digrammia gnophosaria
© George Smiley LG
10mm
9108246407Frederickia nigricomma
Frederickia nigricomma
© Ann Hendrickson LG
3rd instar
Frederickia nigricomma
© Ann Hendrickson LG
larva fed on Acacia
Frederickia nigricomma
© Ann Hendrickson LG
larva fed on Acacia
Frederickia nigricomma
© Ann Hendrickson LG
larva fed on Acacia
9106906419 – Pale-veined Isturgia – Isturgia dislocaria
Isturgia dislocaria
© Mike Quinn LG

Isturgia dislocaria
© Mike Quinn LG

9108376420.1Narraga georgiana
Narraga georgiana
© Giff Beaton LG
on Chrysoma pauciflosculosa
Narraga georgiana
© Giff Beaton LG
on Chrysoma pauciflosculosa
9110436428Orthofidonia tinctaria
Orthofidonia tinctaria
© Canadian National Collection LG

Orthofidonia tinctaria
© Canadian National Collection LG

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