Google
WWW MPG website only

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.

1234567

Epiplemidae - Sphingidae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
8900867771 – Pink-spotted Hawk Moth – Agrius cingulata
Agrius cingulata
© Brody J. Thomassen LG

Agrius cingulata
© Brody J. Thomassen LG

Agrius cingulata
© Brody J. Thomassen LG

8900877772 – Giant Sphinx – Cocytius antaeus
Cocytius antaeus
© Alan Chin-Lee

Cocytius antaeus
© Richard Crook LG

Cocytius antaeus
© Teá Montagna LG
5th Instar on Annona glabra
Cocytius antaeus
© Teá Montagna LG
3rd Instar on Annona glabra
8900907775 – Carolina Sphinx – Manduca sexta
Manduca sexta
© L. Wayne Thompson LG

Manduca sexta
© L. Wayne Thompson LG

Manduca sexta
© Troy Mullens [T] LG

Manduca sexta
© John Himmelman

Manduca sexta
© Martha Reinhardt
originally
Manduca sexta
© Peter J. Bryant
hatchling
Manduca sexta
© Peter J. Bryant
early instar
Manduca sexta
© Peter J. Bryant
middle instar
Manduca sexta
© Peter J. Bryant
pre pupa
Manduca sexta
© Peter J. Bryant
pupa
Manduca sexta
© Hannah Nendick-Mason

Manduca sexta
© Martha Reinhardt

8900917776 – Five-spotted Hawk Moth, The Yellow-spotted Unicorn – Manduca quinquemaculatus
Manduca quinquemaculatus
© Valerie G. Bugh

Manduca quinquemaculatus
© Bryan Reynolds

Manduca quinquemaculatus
© Janice Stiefel

Manduca quinquemaculatus
© Canadian National Collection LG

Manduca quinquemaculatus
© Janice Stiefel

Manduca quinquemaculatus
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

8900927778 – Rustic Sphinx – Manduca rustica
Manduca rustica
© Ken Childs LG

Manduca rustica
© Brody J. Thomassen LG
on Callicarpa americana
Manduca rustica
© Brody J. Thomassen LG
on Callicarpa americana
Manduca rustica
© Richard Crook LG

Manduca rustica
© Randy Hardy LG
on ash
Manduca rustica
© Valerie G. Bugh

Manduca rustica
© Ken Childs LG

8900967783 – Ash Sphinx – Manduca jasminearum
Manduca jasminearum
© Teá Montagna LG
5th Instar on Fraxinus
Manduca jasminearum
© Teá Montagna LG
3rd Instar on Fraxinus
8901007784 – Pawpaw Sphinx – Dolba hyloeus
Dolba hyloeus
© Brody J. Thomassen LG

Dolba hyloeus
© Patrick Coin

8901027786 – Elm Sphinx – Ceratomia amyntor
Ceratomia amyntor
© George Smiley LG
on Betula nigra
Ceratomia amyntor
© Canadian National Collection LG

Ceratomia amyntor
© Teá Montagna LG
5th Instar on Ulmus
Ceratomia amyntor
© Teá Montagna LG
4th Instar on Ulmus
Ceratomia amyntor
© Teá Montagna LG
3rd Instar on Ulmus
Ceratomia amyntor
© Teá Montagna LG
2nd Instar on Ulmus
8901037787 – Waved Sphinx – Ceratomia undulosa
Ceratomia undulosa
© George Smiley LG
on Forestiera acuminata
Ceratomia undulosa
© George Smiley LG
on Forestiera acuminata
Ceratomia undulosa
© George Smiley LG
on Forestiera acuminata
Ceratomia undulosa
© George Smiley LG
on Forestiera acuminata
Ceratomia undulosa
© Canadian National Collection LG

Ceratomia undulosa
© Bev Wigney

Ceratomia undulosa
© Roxanne Bertrand (Quebec.ca) LG
on Fraxinus americana
Ceratomia undulosa
© Roxanne Bertrand (Quebec.ca) LG
on Fraxinus americana
8901057789 – Catalpa Sphinx – Ceratomia catalpae
Ceratomia catalpae
© McGuire Center LG

Ceratomia catalpae
© Charles Lewallen

Ceratomia catalpae
© Charles Lewallen

Ceratomia catalpae
© Yurika Alexander LG

Ceratomia catalpae
© Yurika Alexander LG

8901067790 – Hagen's Sphinx – Ceratomia hageni
Ceratomia hageni
© Teá Montagna LG
5th Instar
Ceratomia hageni
© Teá Montagna LG
5th Instar, Brown Form
Ceratomia hageni
© Teá Montagna LG
5th Instar, Yellow Form
8901087791 – Bald Cypress Sphinx – Isoparce cupressi
Isoparce cupressi
© Richard Crook LG

Isoparce cupressi
© Giff Beaton LG
on bald cypress
Isoparce cupressi
© George Smiley LG
on Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum)
8901107793 – Plebeian Sphinx – Paratrea plebeja
Paratrea plebeja
© George Smiley LG
on Campsis radicans
8901287796 – Hermit Sphinx – Lintneria eremitus
Lintneria eremitus
© Janice Stiefel
5th instar
Lintneria eremitus
© Gerald Fauske

Lintneria eremitus
© Canadian National Collection LG

Lintneria eremitus
© Teá Montagna LG
3rd Instar on Monarda
Lintneria eremitus
© Teá Montagna LG
4th Instar on Monarda
8901117802 – Great Ash Sphinx – Sphinx chersis
Sphinx chersis
© Nolie Schneider

Sphinx chersis
© Canadian National Collection LG

Sphinx chersis
© Janice Stiefel
5th instar
Sphinx chersis
© Martha Reinhardt

Sphinx chersis
© Martha Reinhardt

Sphinx chersis
© Martha Reinhardt

8901147805 – Elegant Sphinx – Sphinx perelegans
Sphinx perelegans
© Moria Robinson LG
Host: Arctostaphylos viscida
8901157806Sphinx asellus
Sphinx asellus
© Teá Montagna LG
1st Instar
Sphinx asellus
© Teá Montagna LG
2nd Instar
Sphinx asellus
© Teá Montagna LG
3rd Instar
Sphinx asellus
© Teá Montagna LG
4th Instar
8901187809 – Laurel Sphinx – Sphinx kalmiae
Sphinx kalmiae
© Tim Dyson
5th instar
Sphinx kalmiae
© Canadian National Collection LG

Sphinx kalmiae
© Dave Pelletier

Sphinx kalmiae
© Tim Dyson
4th instar
Sphinx kalmiae
© Tim Dyson
pupa
Sphinx kalmiae
© Siobhan Basile

8901197810 – Apple Sphinx – Sphinx gordius
Sphinx gordius
© Bruce Duncan

Sphinx gordius
© Canadian National Collection LG

8901217810.1 – Northern Apple Sphinx – Sphinx poecila
Sphinx poecila
© Jason Dombroskie

1234567


Moth Photographers Group  at the  Mississippi Entomological Museum  at the  Mississippi State University

Send suggestions, or submit photographs to Webmaster — Moth Photographers Group

Database design and scripting support provided by Mike Boone