All photos taken in Ogemaw Co. Michigan unless otherwise noted. All species are live and free roaming. Many species are represented more than once, showing that moths vary in appearance at different stages of their life cycle. Lighting can also affect appearance, making identifications even more challenging. The photographs in these galleries are for documentation purposes only; the older images were taken with point/shoot cameras that suited my needs for night photography well at the time.
*Please excuse the ongoing construction; editing photos then identifying, tagging and labeling each image is quite a tedious project. For the time being, the galleries are in the family order found in 'Moths of Eastern North America' by Charles Covell Jr. I have hundreds of images to add to the galleries in the future, and many of the photos still need to be sorted into the correct genus.*
Family Noctuidae|Subfamiles Agaristinae & Heliothinae
12 photos
Other Noctuidae
34 photos
Family Notodontidae
98 photos
Family Lymantriidae
30 photos
Family Sesiidae
6 photos
Family Crambidae
38 photos
Family Drepanidae
15 photos
Family Geometridae
289 photos
Families Thyrididae & Pterophoridae
21 photos
Family Pyralidae
59 photos
Families Limacodidae & Oecophoridae
28 photos
Family Tortricidae & Hepialidae
32 photos
Superfamily Gelechioidea
10 photos
Miscellaneous Moth Families
23 photos
Frass
46 photos
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1.Marge(non-registered)
holy cow! I need to pay more attention to moths, they're stunning insects. My screen doors are covered with them during the summer. I appreciate you sharing these with me Cindy :-)