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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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Notodontidae - Lymantriidae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
9304268252Pygarctia lorula
Pygarctia lorula
© Ann Hendrickson LG

Pygarctia lorula
© Ann Hendrickson LG

Pygarctia lorula
© Ann Hendrickson LG

9304278253Pygarctia roseicapitis
Pygarctia roseicapitis
© Bob Beatson LG

Pygarctia roseicapitis
© Bob Beatson LG

Pygarctia roseicapitis
© Salvador Vitanza LG

9304338260 – Veined Ctenucha – Ctenucha venosa
Ctenucha venosa
© Bob Barber LG

Ctenucha venosa
© Bob Barber LG

Ctenucha venosa
© Bob Barber LG

9304358262 – Virginia Ctenucha – Ctenucha virginica
Ctenucha virginica
© Tony DiTerlizzi

Ctenucha virginica
© Anthony W. Thomas
5th instar
Ctenucha virginica
© Nolie Schneider

Ctenucha virginica
© Canadian National Collection LG

Ctenucha virginica
© Jason Dombroskie

Ctenucha virginica
© Jason Dombroskie

Ctenucha virginica
© Jason Dombroskie

Ctenucha virginica
© Nolie Schneider

Ctenucha virginica
© Nolie Schneider

Ctenucha virginica
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Ctenucha virginica
© Jason Dombroskie

Ctenucha virginica
© Nolie Schneider

9304398266 – Black-winged Dahana – Dahana atripennis
Dahana atripennis
© Carol Wolf LG

Dahana atripennis
© Carol Wolf LG

Dahana atripennis
© Carol Wolf LG

Dahana atripennis
© Richard Crook LG

9304408267 – Yellow-collared Scape Moth – Cisseps fulvicollis
Cisseps fulvicollis
© Yurika Alexander LG

Cisseps fulvicollis
© Leslie Angel LG

Cisseps fulvicollis
© Jane & John Balaban LG

Cisseps fulvicollis
© Jason Dombroskie

Cisseps fulvicollis
© Tom Bentley

Cisseps fulvicollis
© Janice Stiefel
5th instar
9304438270 – Edwards' Wasp Moth – Lymire edwardsii
Lymire edwardsii
© Bob Patterson

Lymire edwardsii
© Bob Patterson

Lymire edwardsii
© Bob Patterson

Lymire edwardsii
© Paul Ayick LG

Lymire edwardsii
© Lyn Atherton

Lymire edwardsii
© Lyn Atherton

Lymire edwardsii
© Richard Crook LG

Lymire edwardsii
© Richard Crook LG

9304588280 – Scarlet-bodied Wasp Moth – Cosmosoma myrodora
Cosmosoma myrodora
© Alan Chin-Lee

Cosmosoma myrodora
© Alan Chin-Lee

9304628284 – Polka-dot Wasp Moth – Syntomeida epilais
Syntomeida epilais
© McGuire Center LG

Syntomeida epilais
© Bob Moul

Syntomeida epilais
© Alan Chin-Lee

Syntomeida epilais
© Alan Chin-Lee

Syntomeida epilais
© Alan Chin-Lee

Syntomeida epilais
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

9304638286 – Lesser Wasp Moth – Pseudocharis minima
Pseudocharis minima
© Alan Chin-Lee
1st instar
Pseudocharis minima
© Alan Chin-Lee
eggs

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