#MothOfTheDay is a little spring beauty. Thought I had just the usuals last night, but then this was on the wall nearby

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Anticlea derivata

A geometer moth (ie, lies flat against a surface). More flighty and won't sit on fingers like noctuids! Pretty common and larvae feed on dog-rose.

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