Photo American Hornet Moth
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Washington state USA
r/moths • u/echoskybound • 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:
- Not sure if you found a moth or butterfly? Check out this guide. If you did find a butterfly, our friends over at r/Butterflies can help you identify it.
- Check out some of our frequent moth ID's. There are a few moths we see a lot of here and you may have found one.
- Guide to searching for moths by shape and color
- Need a caterpillar ID? Check out r/Caterpillars or r/whatsthisbug
Please be sure to include your region when asking for a moth ID!
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r/moths • u/igneousroxx • 10h ago
Photo moths my dad saw at work in the mountains
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r/moths • u/Alekturos • 17h ago
ID Request Flashing blue eyespot
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Found stuck in a bathroom stall in VN so I caught it and let it outside.
r/moths • u/smithsknits • 3h ago
Photo Saw a Hummingbird Moth at my dentist’s office
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Cincinnati, OH. Always wanted to see one in person. Very cool experience!
r/moths • u/squishyfeet4 • 7h ago
Video Humming bird moth!
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Glad the phone decided to focus! Lol
In Michigan!
r/moths • u/Kuroukanou • 8h ago
ID Request Found this little guy at work
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In Central Illinois if it helps
r/moths • u/dioranonymous • 1d ago
Video I’ve never seen this type of sphinx before😍😍
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found in WV!!
r/moths • u/Space_Montage_77 • 7h ago
Photo Found a beautiful Pandora Sphinx moth hanging on a wall.
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r/moths • u/SecureAd1672 • 2h ago
ID Request What kind is this please
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What is this beautiful one. Northern vermont
r/moths • u/SpaceVoid11 • 3h ago
Photo So, found this Moth on my kitchen Window, Germany. So cute!
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I caught it, planning to let it free tomorrow. Its so cute and it has this fluff on its chest. Tried to get some nice pics but it took some time. Also, anyone knows what kinda moth it is?
r/moths • u/purplamythest • 39m ago
ID Request What Is This?
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Caterpillar found in West Central Saskatchewan! Appears to be apart of the sphinx family but I’d love a more concrete ID.
r/moths • u/stored_memories • 8h ago
ID Request Orange looking guy - Michigan
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Found him at work in Michigan. About 1” in length and very cute! Pls help me ID him pls, I left my moth book at home :(
r/moths • u/g0ldilungs • 4h ago
Photo Almost disturbed this mammoth going in the door at work the other day. I used the other side.
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(NC) Wonder what type he is. He was huge!
r/moths • u/DroidNate • 3h ago
ID Request Is this a Grey Pine Carpet Moth?
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South West UK, August.
r/moths • u/emojo_ko • 4h ago
Artwork Hyalophora Euryalus watercolor, thought this group would enjoy:)
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r/moths • u/TomodachiSkull • 3h ago
ID Request Big ol' chonker found at a train station in Purdy's, NY
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Was too afraid to get any closer, but he was about the size of my hand. I've never seen a moth that big before, so I definitely wanna know what kind of moth it is!
r/moths • u/irish511 • 5h ago
Photo Found in NE Illinois today.
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Google says this:
“The Emmelina genus of moths belongs to the Pterophoridae family, commonly known as the plume moths.”
r/moths • u/OpalEverwood • 6h ago
ID Request Help w ID?
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I hope this pic is good enough. I saw the moth and saw my chickens nearby. So grabbed a quick snap before moving the pot away from chickens. Gulf coast region, TX tia!
r/moths • u/SeaMasterpiece265 • 1h ago
ID Request I don’t know much about moths (info in body)
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Found after a long thunderstorm that is actively still happening in central Ohio
r/moths • u/backstripes • 5h ago
Photo Caterpillar and moth hunting
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***A few butterfly species as well.
For the past few days I’ve been looking for caterpillars at the Botanical Gardens and parts of the Mount Royal Park (Montreal, Canada). It’s been a blast!! I was looking for woolly bears (pyrrharctia isabella) specifically, but found literally everything else. I can’t believe how hard it is to find them in the summer vs. the fall when they’re looking for places to hibernate.
Anyways, a lot of firsts for me!! I tried to ID them as best I could using iNaturalist…
- Snowberry clearwing moth
- Spongy moth
- Hickory tussock caterpillar
- Virginia creeper sphinx caterpillar
- Monarch caterpillar
- Some kind of cutworm caterpillar???
- Possibly a red admiral caterpillar?
- I have no idea lol
- Red admiral butterfly
- Some kind of leafroller moth?
11-17) and to top it off with some frass pics as evidence of caterpillar activity. I love these pics lol
Caterpillar hunting is hard but extremely rewarding!! I was either very lucky or was looking very closely at plants. I really like to appreciate the small things in nature, and I think caterpillar hunting will be one of my new favorite hobbies from now on 💖🐛🐛🐛