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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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Epiplemidae - Sphingidae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
8300017659 – Scalloped Sack-bearer Moth – Lacosoma chiridota
Lacosoma chiridota
© McGuire Center LG

Lacosoma chiridota
© McGuire Center LG

8300047662 – Melsheimer's Sack-bearer Moth – Cicinnus melsheimeri
Cicinnus melsheimeri
© McGuire Center LG

Cicinnus melsheimeri
© McGuire Center LG

Cicinnus melsheimeri
© Teresa Moody LG
larval stage overwintering in oak leaf case
Cicinnus melsheimeri
© Teresa Moody LG
larval stage overwintering in oak leaf case
Cicinnus melsheimeri
© Teresa Moody LG
oak leaf case
8900017663 – Spotted Apatelodes – Apatelodes torrefacta
Apatelodes torrefacta
© Trisha Teabo LG

Apatelodes torrefacta
© George Smiley LG
on Rubus sp.
Apatelodes torrefacta
© Marie Schmidt LG

Apatelodes torrefacta
© William Tanneberger LG

Apatelodes torrefacta
© John Hartgerink LG

Apatelodes torrefacta
© M. J. Hatfield LG

Apatelodes torrefacta
© Rich Kelly LG

Apatelodes torrefacta
© Beth Cary LG

Apatelodes torrefacta
© Yurika Alexander LG

8900027664Apatelodes pudefacta
Apatelodes pudefacta
© Bob Beatson LG

Apatelodes pudefacta
© Bob Beatson LG

Apatelodes pudefacta
© Margarethe Brummermann LG

Apatelodes pudefacta
© Margarethe Brummermann LG

Apatelodes pudefacta
© Mark Brown LG

Apatelodes pudefacta
© Philip Kline LG

Apatelodes pudefacta
© Rich Hoyer LG

Apatelodes pudefacta
© Tom Bentley

8900067667 – Seraph Moth – Olceclostera seraphica
Olceclostera seraphica
© James Bailey LG

8900077668 – Silkworm – Bombyx mori
Bombyx mori
© Peter J. Bryant

Bombyx mori
© Canadian National Collection LG

Bombyx mori
© Peter J. Bryant

8700247673 – Larch Tolype – Tolype laricis
Tolype laricis
© Canadian National Collection LG

Tolype laricis
© Jason Dombroskie

Tolype laricis
© Anthony W. Thomas

8700327681Apotolype brevicrista
Apotolype brevicrista
© Arlene Ripley
fall larva
Apotolype brevicrista
© Randy Hardy LG
day 32 - 32 mm
Apotolype brevicrista
© Randy Hardy LG
day 20 - 16 mm
Apotolype brevicrista
© Randy Hardy LG
day 14 - 8 mm
Apotolype brevicrista
© Randy Hardy
day 9 - 5 mm
Apotolype brevicrista
© Randy Hardy
day 1 - 2 mm
Apotolype brevicrista
© Arlene Ripley

Apotolype brevicrista
© Arlene Ripley
winter cocoon
8700367683 – Dot-lined White Moth – Artace cribrarius
Artace cribrarius
© Troy Bartlett

Artace cribrarius
© Tucker J. Cooley LG

8700017685 – Riley's Lappet Moth – Heteropacha rileyana
Heteropacha rileyana
© George Smiley LG
near Water Locust (Gleditsia aquatica)
Heteropacha rileyana
© George Smiley LG
39mm on Water Locust (Gleditsia aquatica)
Heteropacha rileyana
© Hazel Ann Fricke LG

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