Here's another one of those nondescript little gray/brown moths -- and when you get up close, you discover they have a golden sheen to their feathers and fringe. The size is right for the Small Engrailed moth -- just a hairsbreadth over an inch. But only one other person has posted a picture of one in Nebraska on the Moth Photographers' Group, and that, on the border between Nebraska and Iowa. I took this shot about smack-dab in the middle of Nebraska.
If anybody can give me a surer identification, I'd be pleased.
I looked through BugGuide... it's generally one of my first stops in a quest for bug ID. Most of the moths I find have more defined markings than this one... could it be because of the lateness of the season? My little moth is a bit battleworn.
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