Access to photos of caterpillar and adult forms of thousands of North American moth species

   Images  of North American Moth Species

Links to Photos of over 7,700 Moth Species

There are over 10,500 identified species of moths in North America (north of Mexico).  Surprisingly, there exist only a few somewhat readily available books providing images of some of the adult forms and very few that show very many larval forms of these insects.   Each of those books provides a glimpse of  less than 15% of the known species and most are largely redundant with each other. Nevertheless, these books are very useful in identifying moths, since they have excellent photos or drawings and include extensive verbal descriptions.

The Worldwide Web is the ideal medium to eventually fill in the gaps.  Together, print and elecronic resources provide good images of nearly all of the North American moths.

Most of the site you are now viewing was constructed by searching the Web for you, then listing links to all useful images (caterpillars and/or adults) that were found. I periodically survey the Web to find more such images. Many thanks are due to the scores of individuals and organizations who have posted images on the Web and made this assemblage possible. 

NEW! I am currently combining the information from two of my websites to provide a "one-stop" resource for moth images. I have long provided a website that leads one to available books showing North American moth images (click HERE to reach that site). I am now in the process of taking that information and placing it on the site you are now viewing. It will take much time to merge the information on these two websites, but I have begun the task. Currently only families Saturniidae, Sphingidae, and a portion of the Crambidae-Pyralidae group have had their Web and book information integrated. If you go to the pages for families Saturniidae and Sphingidae, you will see what the entire website will eventually look like. Click HERE to reach those pages immediately.

  Last update:  27 July 2009

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 John Snyder is the developer and maintainer of this resource.  He can be reached by e-mail (click here), or by postal mail:  Department of Biology,    Furman University,   Greenville, SC 29613 (USA).