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Nachtvlinders

Moths

The far larger family that mostly flies after dark — and a few that do not wait for it. Hover a picture, or tap it on a phone, to hear the name.

24 words

Image credits

Photographs and drawings come from Wikimedia Commons and are reproduced under the licences below. All have been resized and converted to WebP for this site; they are otherwise unaltered.

de kolibrievlinder — Hummingbird_hawk_moth_(Macroglossum_stellatarum)_in_flight.jpg by Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0
de doodshoofdvlinder — Acherontia_atropos_MHNT_dos.jpg by Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0
de ligusterpijlstaart — Sphinx.ligustri.7631.jpg by picture taken by Olaf Leillinger, CC BY-SA 2.5
de lindepijlstaart — Lime_hawk_moth.jpg by en:user:Emanresu, Public domain
de windepijlstaart — Agrius convolvuli (2005-08) 01.jpg by Entomart, Attribution
het groot avondrood — Deilephila_elpenor_04.jpg by jean pierre Hamon (14), CC BY-SA 3.0
de nachtpauwoog — 20_petit_paon_de_nuit.jpg by jean-pierre Hamon, CC BY-SA 3.0
de atlasvlinder — Attacus_atlas_qtl3.jpg by Quartl, CC BY-SA 3.0
de zijdevlinder — Pairedmoths.jpg by Oakenking at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5
de sint-jacobsvlinder — Cinnabar_moth_(Tyria_jacobaeae)_2.jpg by Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0
de sint-jansvlinder — Zygaena_filipendulae_(top_view)_-_Kulna.jpg by Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0
de grote beer — Arctia_caja_(Marek_Szczepanek).jpg by Marek Szczepanek, CC BY-SA 3.0
de gamma-uil — Autographa.gamma.6902.jpg by Olei, CC BY-SA 3.0
de huismoeder — Moth_Large_Yellow_Underwing_-_Noctua_pronuba_(28814950448).png by nick goodrum from Catfield in Norfolk, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0
het rood weeskind — Catocala.nupta-moth7-30.07.06.jpg by John de Haura, CC BY-SA 3.0
de wapendrager — Phalera.bucephala.7189.jpg by Olei, CC BY-SA 3.0
de hermelijnvlinder — Puss_Moth_1.jpg by Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0
de peper-en-zoutvlinder — Biston_betularia_male.jpg by Cyndy Sims Parr, CC BY-SA 2.0
de plakker — Lymantria_dispar_MHNT.CUT.2012.0.357_Col_de_Cricheto_Bastelica_male_Dos.jpg by Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0
de eikenprocessierups — Thaumetopoea_processionea,_closeup.JPG by Kleuske, CC BY-SA 3.0
de buxusmot — Cydalima_perspectalis_MHNT_Imago.jpg by Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 3.0
de kleermot — Tineola.bisselliella.7218.jpg by Olaf Leillinger, CC BY-SA 2.5
de Indische meelmot — Plodia_interpunctella_-_Indianmeal_moth.jpg by Mvuijlst, CC BY-SA 4.0
de fruitmot — Cydia_pomonella_male_dorsal.jpg by Simon Winkley & Ken Walker, Museum Victoria, CC BY 3.0 au