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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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Notodontidae - Lymantriidae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
Clostera albosigma
930003  –  7895
© Martha Reinhardt
Clostera albosigma
Clostera inclusa
930004  –  7896
© Martha Reinhardt
Clostera inclusa
Clostera jocosa
930004.1  –  7896.1
© Craig Biegler LG
Clostera jocosa
Clostera inornata
930005  –  7897
© Charles Melton LG
day 38 - 32mm
Clostera inornata
Clostera strigosa
930006  –  7898
© Janice Stiefel
5th instar
Clostera strigosa
Clostera apicalis
930009  –  7901
© Janice Stiefel
5th instar
Clostera apicalis
Datana ministra
930033  –  7902
© Canadian National Collection LG
Datana ministra
Datana drexelii
930035  –  7904
© Tom Murray
Datana drexelii
Datana major
930036  –  7905
© McGuire Center LG
Datana major
Datana contracta
930037  –  7906
© Charles Lewallen
Datana contracta
Datana integerrima
930038  –  7907
© Charles Lewallen
Datana integerrima
Datana perspicua
930039  –  7908
© Bob Barber LG
Datana perspicua
Datana perfusa
930045.1  –  7914
© Margarethe Brummermann LG
Datana perfusa
Nadata gibbosa
930046  –  7915
© Leslie Angel LG
Nadata gibbosa
Paraeschra georgica
930011.1  –  7917
© Lynette Schimming LG
Paraeschra georgica
Paraeschra tortuosa
930011  –  7918
© Charles Melton LG
day 25 - 30mm
Paraeschra tortuosa
Peridea basitriens
930048  –  7919
© Tom Murray LG
Peridea basitriens
Peridea angulosa
930049  –  7920
© Charley Eiseman LG
Peridea angulosa
Peridea ferruginea
930050  –  7921
© Janice Steifel LG
4th instar, 20 days
Peridea ferruginea
Peridea bordeloni
930050.1  –  7921.1
© George Smiley LG
on Betula nigra
Peridea bordeloni
Pheosia rimosa
930012  –  7922
© Tom Murray LG
Pheosia rimosa
Pheosia californica
930012.1  –  7923
© Graham Montgomery LG
on Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)
Pheosia californica
Pheosidea elegans
930013  –  7924
© Canadian National Collection LG
Pheosidea elegans
Notodonta scitipennis
930015  –  7926
© Canadian National Collection LG
Notodonta scitipennis
Notodonta torva
930017  –  7928
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Notodonta torva
Nerice bidentata
930018  –  7929
© Carmen Champaigne LG
Nerice bidentata
Ellida caniplaga
930051  –  7930
© Janice Steifel LG
5th instar
Ellida caniplaga
Gluphisia septentrionis
930019  –  7931
© Tom Murray LG
Gluphisia septentrionis
Gluphisia avimacula
930021  –  7933
© Janice Stiefel
5th instar
Gluphisia avimacula
Gluphisia lintneri
930022  –  7934
© Jim Sogaard LG
Gluphisia lintneri
Furcula borealis
930028.1  –  7936
© Troy Bartlett
Furcula borealis
Furcula cinerea
930025  –  7937
© Dave Pelletier
Furcula cinerea
Furcula cinereoides
930025.1  –  7937.1
© Peter J. Bryant
cf. scolopendrina
Furcula cinereoides
Furcula scolopendrina
930028  –  7940
© Charles Melton LG
17 days old - 23mm without tails
Furcula scolopendrina
Furcula modesta
930029  –  7941
© Canadian National Collection LG
Furcula modesta
Americerura scitiscripta
930030  –  7942
© Thomas Wilson LG
Americerura scitiscripta
Elymiotis notodontoides
930124  –  7948
© Joshua Rose LG
Elymiotis notodontoides
Elasmia packardii
930125  –  7949
© Charles Melton LG
Elasmia packardii
Symmerista albifrons
930127  –  7951
© Jason Roberts LG
35mm on oak
Symmerista albifrons
Symmerista canicosta
930128  –  7952
© Bev Wigney
Symmerista canicosta

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