By late October, moth numbers plunge, and many lepidopterists retire their traps until spring. Yet the night still rewards patient eyes: calm, sugar-seeking visitors linger on ivy flowers, overripe blackberries, fallen fruit, and even glowing windowpanes. With cooler air they flush less, letting you admire the subtle beauty of noctuids and geometers—sleek Silver Ys, sooty Black Rustics, rosy and yellow-line Quakers, beaded Chestnuts, and the jagged-edged Thorns. Look for astonishing palettes of ash and slate greys, chestnut and clay browns, with silver glyphs, crescent rings, and kidney-shaped marks revealed under a hand lens. In the right habitats, carpets drift by; with luck, a Merveille de Jour or Green Brindled Crescent adds a dash of green. Autumn nights still hum—if you know where to look.
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