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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
Sphinx dollii
890124  –  7813
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Sphinx dollii
Sphinx vanbuskirki
890124.1  –  7813.1
© Ann Hendrickson LG
~35mm
Sphinx vanbuskirki
Sphinx sequoiae
890125  –  7814
© Edna Bottorff
Sphinx sequoiae
Lapara coniferarum
890135  –  7816
© Richard Crook LG
Lapara coniferarum
Lapara bombycoides
890136  –  7817
© Josée Quimper (Quebec.ca) LG
on Pinus banksiana
Lapara bombycoides
Protambulyx strigilis
890138  –  7818
© Teá Montagna LG
5th Instar on Schinus terebinthifolius
Protambulyx strigilis
Smerinthus jamaicensis
890140  –  7821
© Howell Curtis
Smerinthus jamaicensis
Smerinthus cerisyi
890141  –  7822
© Janice Stiefel
5th instar - 23 days
Smerinthus cerisyi
Smerinthus ophthalmica
890142  –  7822.1
© Peter J. Bryant
5th instar
Smerinthus ophthalmica
Smerinthus astarte
890141.1  –  7822.2
© Teá Montagna LG
2nd Instar
Smerinthus astarte
Paonias excaecata
890144  –  7824
© Bob Moul
Paonias excaecata
Paonias myops
890145  –  7825
© Brody J. Thomassen LG
Paonias myops
Paonias astylus
890146  –  7826
© Teá Montagna LG
5th Instar on Vaccinium corymbosa
Paonias astylus
Amorpha juglandis
890149.5  –  7827
© Brody J. Thomassen LG
Amorpha juglandis
Pachysphinx modesta
890148  –  7828
© Stuart Schwartz
4th instar
Pachysphinx modesta
Pachysphinx occidentalis
890149  –  7829
© Teá Montagna LG
3rd Instar on Populus
Pachysphinx occidentalis
Pseudosphinx tetrio
890150  –  7830
© Alan Chin-Lee
5th instar
Pseudosphinx tetrio
Erinnyis alope
890152  –  7832
© McGuire Center LG
Erinnyis alope
Erinnyis ello
890154  –  7834
© Mike Quinn
Erinnyis ello
Erinnyis obscura
890156  –  7837
© Randy Hardy LG
on climbing milkweed
Erinnyis obscura

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