Female wingless geometer moth (family Geometridae) from Iowa.
A unique white moth with orange legs from Monteverde, Costa Rica.
Epia muscosa (Bombycidae) from Belize.
Erebid moth, Symphlebia sp (Erebidae: Arctiinae) from Monteverde, Costa Rica.
Moth from Belize, possibly a silkworm moth (Bombycidae).
Portrait of a sphinx moth, family Sphingidae, from Belize.
Unidentified moth from Belize.
Grass moth (Acentropinae: Petrophila sp.) from Monteverde, Costa Rica.
Cryptic dead leaf-imitating moth (Saturniidae: Oxytenis sp.) from Belize.
A skipper butterfly, family Hesperiidae, feeds on nectar in Belize. Skippers are distinguished from other butterflies by their hook-shaped antennae, as well as their relatively stocky bodies and short wings.
Saturniid moth, Periphoba arcaei, from Belize.
Grass moth (Crambidae) from Belize, possibly Pantographa sp.
Grass moth (Crambidae: Acentropinae: Petrophila sp.) from Belize.
A female wasp-mimicking Tiger Moth (Arctiidae: genus Ceryx) lays her eggs on the underside of a palm tree leaf in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Hummingbird Moth, family Sphingidae, from Monteverde, Costa Rica.
Mating Tubeworm Moths - Acrolophidae: possibly Acrolophus sp., from Monteverde, Costa Rica.
Emerald moth (Geometrinae) from Monteverde, Costa Rica.
This moth from Costa Rica does an outstanding impression of a splintered piece of wood. (Heterodelta nea, Noctuidae: Hadeninae)
Possibly Pyralidae, from Costa Rica.
Another lovely Erebid moth, Gonodonta bidens (Erebidae), from Monverde, Costa Rica.
Pyralid moth, Pyralidae: Epipaschiinae, with excellent jungle camouflage. (Monteverde, Costa Rica)
Grass moth (Crambidae: Sparagmia gonoptera) from Costa Rica. To my eye, it appears to be imitating a damaged leaf, complete with chew marks.
Pluto sphinx, Xylophanes pluto, from Costa Rica.
Sphinx moth (Sphingidae: Xylophanes cf. ceratomioides) from Monteverde, Costa Rica.
A very large moth (Erebidae: Thysania sp.) from Costa Rica.
