Thank you, Mr. Maxwell, for assisting with the identification. Your swift response is appreciated.

I see the plume moth image was deleted (again). It is always possible that someone better than me can ID an insect from a less than perfect image. Normally deleting an image is not the prefered action. If the imae isn't needed in the guide you or one of the editors can move it to the Frass section. Then it will sit there for 30 days before the system deletes it. This gives people time to decide if it really does have some value and we can rescue it back to the guide.

Thank you for the message, Mr Maxwell. Please excuse my breach of website protocols, I will re-post the original image. My goal was to eliminate the possibility of confusion (mainly on my part). I will be trying to take more pictures of a plume moth, hopefully this evening or within the next few days. I assumed a "best practice" would be to capture various angles of the same moth in one session to ensure that a top view would match a bottom view. My fear was that I might have a male in one session and a female in another or even different species.

I'm grateful that you've taken the time to review my images and that you've been considerate enough to follow-up on my postings. Your gallery is impressive as is your knowledge of moths. I appreciate the guidance!

You are correct, that single image of the plume moth will always have to stand on its own. You should not link other similar moth images to that image. You would start a new image series for each moth. Linking is reserved for images of one specimen with the exception of a "group". Groups would be two moths mating, several ants in a hill, bees in a hive. Moths at your light are not a group. Bees at a flower are not a group. This is because they may not be related and only happen to be there due to the light or nectar.