Various night-flying moths
November moth Winter Moth Mottled Umber moth   Waved Umber moth

NOVEMBER MOTH, melanistic form, similar to Winter Moth but larger. Hard to distinguish from related Pale November and Autumnal Moths.

   WINTER MOTH, male, a hardy chap who survives freezing December/January nights. Female virtually wingless, stays on trees. Similar to Northern Winter Moth. MOTTLED UMBER, another resilient winter moth; male flies Oct-Jan, often the earliest seen in year; female also virtually wingless. Pattern variable. Photo by Terry Hobbs who likens it to a girl jumping.   WAVED UMBER, a spring-flying moth looking like tree bark and with a spiky frill to the edge of its underwing

Epirrita dilutata

Operophtera brumata

Erannis defoliaria

Menophra abruptaria
Kent Black Arches moth     The Fan-foot Moth   Small Fan-foot moth
KENT BLACK ARCHES, only the fifth record in Hertfordshire  

A curious moth which seems to have lost most of its scales (not a "clearwing")

   THE FAN-FOOT, one of several fan-foots (or fan-feet?)    SMALL FAN-FOOT, similar but a straight line near the top instead of wavy and a curved line at the bottom instead of straight
Meganola albula

 

 

   Herminia tarsipennalis   Herminia grisealis
             
Marbled White Spot moth   Small Square Spot moth   Dingy Shell moth   Dingy Shears moth
MARBLED WHITE SPOT, a variable moth SMALL SQUARE SPOT, a faded speciment DINGY SHELL, not dingy with its golden highlights; keeps its wings erect

DINGY SHEARS, also not so dingy

Protodeltote pygarga

 

Diarsia rubi

 

Euchoeca nebulata 

   Enargia ypsillon
             
Double Square Spot moth    Treble Brown Spot moth   Single-dotted Wave moth  
DOUBLE SQUARE SPOT, a little like the Hebrew Character   TREBLE BROWN SPOT, a wave moth    SINGLE-DOTTED WAVE, a misnamed wave   Possibly a wave
 Xestia triangulum   Idaea trigeminata   Idaea dimidiata    
             
       

Possibly another wave

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