swap_horiz Mint Moth Alternatives

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Hummingbird hawk-moth

The hummingbird hawkmoth (Macroglossum stellatarum) is a European moth resembling a tiny hummingbird. It’s notable for i...

Sphingidae Hawkmoth Diurnal Hovering

9.1 Excellent

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Spanish moon moth

The Spanish moon moth is a striking saturniid native to the Pyrenees and parts of Spain, highly prized by collectors for...

European Endemic Saturniidae Silkmoth

8.8 Great

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Yucca moth

First described by Charles Valentine Riley in 1872, the yucca moth is renowned for its obligate, highly specialized poll...

Symbiotic Diurnal Prodoxidae Yucca

8.8 Great

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Bella moth

The Bella moth is a colorful species native to the southeastern United States, notable for sequestering toxic alkaloids...

Colorful Diurnal Erebidae Tigermoth

8.5 Great

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Jersey Tiger Moth

The Jersey Tiger Moth is a striking European insect noted for its black and white forewings and red hindwings, recognize...

European Diurnal Erebidae Tiger Moth

8.5 Great

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Tersa sphinx

The Tersa sphinx is a moth prevalent in the Americas, notable for its streamlined wings and larvae that possess prominen...

Streamlined Sphingidae Hawkmoth Diurnal

8.4 Great

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Hornet Moth

Native to Europe and the Palearctic, the Hornet Moth is a large species notable for its exceptional Batesian mimicry, pe...

European Sesiidae Clearwing Mimic

8.4 Great

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Lunar Hornet Moth

Closely related to the Hornet Moth, the Lunar Hornet Moth is a Palearctic species that mimics wasps and is distinguished...

European Sesiidae Clearwing Mimic

8.3 Great

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Jersey tiger

The Jersey tiger is a strikingly colored moth found across Europe and Asia Minor, noted for its contrasting black and wh...

Colorful Diurnal Erebidae Tigermoth

8.2 Great

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Emperor Moth

The Emperor Moth is a Palearctic saturniid notable for the striking eyespots on its wings, with the day-flying males usi...

European Saturniidae Wild Silkmoth

8.2 Great

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Scarlet Tiger Moth

The Scarlet Tiger Moth is a colorful diurnal insect native to Europe, notable for its striking black, red, and white pat...

European Diurnal Erebidae Tiger Moth

8.2 Great

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Six-spot Burnet Moth

The Six-spot Burnet Moth is a colorful day-flying insect found throughout Europe, notable for its metallic black forewin...

European Diurnal Day Flying Zygaenidae

8.1 Great

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Large Emerald

The Large Emerald is a striking moth found throughout Europe, notable for its large, vivid green wings that feature dist...

European Green Large Geometridae

8.1 Great

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Oriental Bee Hawk-moth

The Oriental Bee Hawk-moth is a diurnal insect native to Asia and Australia, notable for its transparent wings and bumbl...

Asian Sphingidae Diurnal Clearwing

8.1 Great

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Clymene moth

The Clymene moth is a North American species noted for its striking, cross-like black pattern on its cream-colored wings...

Aposematic Diurnal Erebidae Tigermoth

8.0 Great

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Five-spot Burnet Moth

The Five-spot Burnet Moth is a diurnal insect native to Europe, distinguished from similar species by exactly five red s...

European Diurnal Day Flying Zygaenidae

8.0 Great

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Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet

The Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet is a European day-flying moth notable for its black wings and red spots, distinguis...

European Diurnal Zygaenidae

7.8 Good

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Small magpie moth

The small magpie moth (Eurrhypara hortulata) is a widespread European geometrid recognized by its distinctive yellow, bl...

Colorful Diurnal Crambidae Pyralid

7.6 Good

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Transparent Burnet Moth

The Transparent Burnet Moth is a diurnal European insect highly notable for the distinct, partially clear patches on its...

European Diurnal Zygaenidae

7.6 Good

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Oak eggar moth

The Oak eggar moth is a large European species notable for the striking sexual dimorphism of its larvae and the daytime...

European Diurnal Lasiocampidae Eggar

6.8 Fair