Female common swift with smaller male orange swift
(latter "playing" dead; flew off fine)
Judging by tip of forewing underside, suggest Pale oak beauty?
Grateful for help with this Crambidea?
Alan Diver
Tackley
A Blog for moth recorders in Bucks, Berks and Oxon
Hello Alan, I would have said that the Swifts are both Orange and that the geometer is Engrailed rather than a Pale Oak Beauty (although the angle from which your photo of it is taken doesn't help). The crambid is Agriphila tristella.
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Not sure about swift but inclined to agree with engrailed. I was going by W&T pic of underside forewing tip for pale oak beauty but there is no comparable pic for Engrailed. Angle it's holding wings looks more like engrailed.