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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
Cautethia spuria
890175  –  7868
© Giff Beaton LG
on David's Milkberry
Cautethia spuria
Sphecodina abbottii
890192  –  7870
© Jim McCalin
Sphecodina abbottii
Deidamia inscriptum
890204.8  –  7871
© Canadian National Collection LG
Deidamia inscriptum
Proserpinus lucidus
890195  –  7872
© Teá Montagna LG
5th Instar Black Form on Oenothera biennis
Proserpinus lucidus
Proserpinus juanita
890197  –  7875
© James Bailey LG
Proserpinus juanita
Proserpinus clarkiae
890198  –  7876
© Teá Montagna LG
3rd Instar on Chamaenerion angustifolium
Proserpinus clarkiae
Proserpinus flavofasciata
890199  –  7877
© Anthony W. Thomas
Proserpinus flavofasciata
Proserpinus terlooii
890201  –  7879
© Randy Hardy LG
4 cm
Proserpinus terlooii
Euproserpinus euterpe
890203  –  7881
© Paul Johnson
5th instar
Euproserpinus euterpe
Darapsa myron
890207  –  7885
© Yurika Alexander LG
Darapsa myron
Xylophanes pluto
890209  –  7887
© Richard Crook LG
Xylophanes pluto
Xylophanes falco
890210  –  7889
© Arlene Ripley
Xylophanes falco
Xylophanes tersa
890211  –  7890
© Jerry Armstrong LG
Xylophanes tersa
Xylophanes libya
890213  –  7891
(cc) Logan Crees LG
Xylophanes libya
Hyles euphorbiae
890215  –  7892
© Canadian National Collection LG
Hyles euphorbiae
Hyles gallii
890216  –  7893
© Canadian National Collection LG
Hyles gallii
Hyles lineata
890217  –  7894
© Hannah Nendick-Mason
Hyles lineata

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