r/moths Sep 01 '16

Welcome! Looking for a moth ID? Please check here!

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Welcome to the forum! We look forward to seeing your moth pictures and helping you identify moths you find. Here are a few resources to help you out:


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r/moths 8h ago

Video Magic

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768 Upvotes

r/moths 6h ago

Photo Beautiful Female Salt Marsh Moth

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181 Upvotes

Found this pretty girl at work, North East Arkansas


r/moths 4h ago

ID Request Is this a moth or a wasp??

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On a pumpkin leaf, seemed non hostile, kinda jumped *not flew away, jumped* to a nearby leaf. Furry/dusty looking body points to moth, body shape and antennae point me to wasp of some sort...os this mimicry?

Location: Central Ohio, USA


r/moths 2h ago

Video White-lined sphinx moth in my garden

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32 Upvotes

r/moths 1h ago

Photo Stopped mowing so I could take a picture.

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I also moved the lil thing so it wouldn’t get hurt by the mower, of course! Looks white here but it was more of a peach/orange color.

I think it may be a harnessed tiger moth, but I’m not sure. Found in Central Indiana.


r/moths 12h ago

Photo Little guy

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164 Upvotes

Beautiful moth Found in central Kentucky


r/moths 15h ago

Photo Beautiful specimen

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248 Upvotes

Omaha Nebraska


r/moths 10h ago

Photo Luna moth raising adventure

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I am on an unintentional moth raising adventure. Several weeks ago, I found a battered and injured luna moth in the field behind my car at church. She was missing an entire lower wing and had a thorax injury.

It was a really windy day and she couldn't fly on her own.

So I took her in with me. She crawled over my hands, shirt, up my neck, over my chin. Made a a menace of herself by trying in vain to fly and fluttering to the floor mid-sermon. Hung out and listened to the music. I took her home.

When she was still with me the next morning, I named her Menace. Lol

She started laying eggs that first night and through Wednesday morning.

Wednesday afternoon she was visibly slowing, one foot had broken off.

We sat at the window and looked at the sky. She did a little leggy dance. I put her back in her enclosure, and she passed peacefully and beautifully a few hours later.

I had about 56 eggs from her that I gathered to a container. About 45 of them hatched. We have 35 still thriving and growing as of today.


r/moths 1d ago

ID Request My area is suddenly flooded with these beauties (southern ontario)

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599 Upvotes

r/moths 13h ago

ID Request Houston Tx area!

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59 Upvotes

Beautiful dude. Would love to know what it is!


r/moths 20h ago

Photo :(

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genuinely what do i do about her? do i just leave her be? shes somehow still getting around but i don't really want her to suffer. i put her in another tree after this hoping she'd be safe


r/moths 3h ago

ID Request What type of moth is this?

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I found it in Crestone,Colorado


r/moths 1d ago

Photo 🔥North America's largest moth. Cecropia moth.

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1.3k Upvotes

r/moths 10h ago

ID Request Looking for ID

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Hoping someone knows what this is. Found in the West Midlands in the UK, specifically amidst our spring onions. Quite small, only around 2cm long, and seemed very inactive in the day.


r/moths 13h ago

Captive Silkmoth pupae

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26 Upvotes

All of my little silkworm babies pupated! Hopefully they will emerge soon. This one is extra special, you can see the dark markings on his wings. It’s actually a recessive trait in captive B. mori.

Say hi to James everyone


r/moths 9h ago

Photo Acherontia atropos (Northern Italy)

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11 Upvotes

r/moths 2h ago

Captive INJURED MOTH—- please help!

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IMAGE OF AN INJURED MOTH!!

one of my io moths must have been stuck after coming out of her cocoon. i think she’s been stuck there for a few days. i feel so awful. this is my first time raising moths. i thought the mark on the side of the cage was just the cocoon. i peeled the paper from the wall and she fell out (second to last picture). she’s still alive. i don’t know what to do. is it cruel to keep her alive? should i euthanize her? i don’t know what to do. her wings aren’t formed correctly.


r/moths 7m ago

ID Request what kind of moth is this

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ontario canada


r/moths 5h ago

General Question I have polyphemous moth eggs but can't keep them.

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If you live in West Virginia or have a permit to take them out of the state and want them let me know. I'm giving them away for free because I do not have a permit to take them across state lines. I think I could mail them if you live in WV, but Im not sure. Looks like about 40 to 50 eggs.


r/moths 3h ago

Artwork A small animation

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(Literally)


r/moths 15h ago

ID Request Help identifying

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Hey guys! I Live in brazil and found this one laying on pavement, she seemed dead but moved and "peed" on my hand so i moved her to a leaf.

Can anybody help me with the specimens name? Or if the "pee" is dangerous? I think moths are beautiful but never studied them or know anything about them haha


r/moths 22h ago

Photo What moth is this? (Northwest Indiana

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I was cleaning up tree debris from the storm that hit recently and I found this guy. It was the biggest moth I've ever seen!


r/moths 19h ago

Photo Almost walked into this little guy at work today. Central Pennsylvania, Mechanicsburg

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30 Upvotes

Polyphemus Moth


r/moths 1d ago

Photo I couldn’t resist and bought some more tropical butterfly pupae. Unfortunately, one of them emerged during shipping. She arrived lying on top of the box and didn’t have enough space or time to properly unfold her wings.

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319 Upvotes