A collection of moth photos taken in our backyard habitat in Hillsborough, NC (unless otherwise stated) using a combination of mercury vapor, metal halide, and UV lights.
Adjutant Wainscot
Ailanthus Webworm
Baltimore Snout
Banded or Nais Tiger
Banded Tussock
Beautiful Wood-nymph
Beloved Emarginea
Bent-line Carpet
Bicolor Pyraustra
Black-bordered Lemon
Black-Marked Inga
Brown Panapoda
Brown-Shaded Gray
Carolina Sphinx
Chalcedony Midget
Chickweed Geometer
Clemen’s Tubeworm Moth
Clymene
Observed in Elon, NC.
Coastal Plain Meganola
Common Idia
Common Tan Wave
Contracted Datana
Crowned Slug
Crowned Slug
Dainty Gray
Dark-Spotted Palthis
Deep Yellow Euchlaena
Desmia species
Exactly species unknown; requires additional images to show distinguishing markings.