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  • Winter Moth, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Michał Brzeziński, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Winter Moth, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Gilles San Martin, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

  • Winter Moth, 3 of 6
    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Paolo Mazzei, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Winter Moth, 4 of 6
    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) Nikolai Vladimirov, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Winter Moth, 5 of 6
    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) Wolf-Achim and Hanna Roland, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Kees Waterlander, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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Winter Moth

Operophtera brumata

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About

The winter moth (Operophtera brumata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is an abundant species of Europe and the Near East and one of very few Lepidoptera of temperate regions in which adults are active in late fall and early winter. The female of this species is virtually wingless and cannot fly, but the male is fully winged and flies strongly. After the initial frosts of late fall, the females walk to and up...

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