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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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Epiplemidae - Sphingidae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
890204.47854 – Slender Clearwing – Hemaris gracilis
Hemaris gracilis
© Teá Montagna LG
4th Instar on Vaccinium angustifolia
Hemaris gracilis
© Teá Montagna LG
5th Instar on Vaccinium angustifolia
890204.57855 – Snowberry Clearwing – Hemaris diffinis
Hemaris diffinis
© Valerie G. Bugh

Hemaris diffinis
© Bob Cammarata LG

Hemaris diffinis
© Canadian National Collection LG

Hemaris diffinis
© Jane & John Balaban

Hemaris diffinis
© Janice Stiefel
5th instar
Hemaris diffinis
© Martha Reinhardt

Hemaris diffinis
© Bob Webster LG

Hemaris diffinis
© Martha Reinhardt

Hemaris diffinis
© Martha Reinhardt

Hemaris diffinis
© Patrick Coin
1st instar
Hemaris diffinis
© Patrick Coin

890204.67855.1Hemaris thetis
Hemaris thetis
© Marius Aurelian

Hemaris thetis
© Tom Bentley LG

890204.77855.2Hemaris aethra
Hemaris aethra
© Tom Bentley LG

Hemaris aethra
© Sarah Richer LG

Hemaris aethra
© Sarah Richer LG

Hemaris aethra
© Sarah Richer LG

Hemaris aethra
© Jason Dombroskie

Hemaris aethra
© Jason Dombroskie

Hemaris aethra
© Teá Montagna LG
5th Instar Brown Form on Diervilla lonicera
8901817858 – Satellite Sphinx – Eumorpha satellitia
Eumorpha satellitia
© McGuire Center LG

8901827859 – Pandorus Sphinx – Eumorpha pandorus
Eumorpha pandorus
© David Bree

Eumorpha pandorus
© Kelley Young

Eumorpha pandorus
© Erik Blosser

Eumorpha pandorus
© Betsy Higgins
5th instar
Eumorpha pandorus
© Eric Moyer

Eumorpha pandorus
© Betsy Higgins

Eumorpha pandorus
© Bev Wigney

Eumorpha pandorus
© Erik Blosser

8901847861 – Achemon Sphinx – Eumorpha achemon
Eumorpha achemon
© Janice Stiefel
5th instar
Eumorpha achemon
© Terry Allison LG

Eumorpha achemon
© Eleanor Caputo LG

8901857863 – Typhon Sphinx – Eumorpha typhon
Eumorpha typhon
© Robert Pearson

Eumorpha typhon
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Eumorpha typhon
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Eumorpha typhon
© Alexis White LG

8901867864 – Vine Sphinx – Eumorpha vitis
Eumorpha vitis
© Valerie G. Bugh

Eumorpha vitis
© Valerie G. Bugh

Eumorpha vitis
© Gregg Lee LG

8901877865 – Banded Sphinx – Eumorpha fasciatus
Eumorpha fasciatus
© McGuire Center LG

Eumorpha fasciatus
© McGuire Center LG

Eumorpha fasciatus
© Lynette Schimming

Eumorpha fasciatus
© Lynette Schimming

Eumorpha fasciatus
© Valerie G. Bugh

Eumorpha fasciatus
© Valerie G. Bugh

Eumorpha fasciatus
© Brody J. Thomassen LG
on Peruvian Primrose
Eumorpha fasciatus
© Lynette Schimming

Eumorpha fasciatus
© Valerie G. Bugh

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