Nature photography
Silver Y moths photographed in England in September
by Stephen Hewitt | Published
The photographs here show silver Y moths (Autographa gamma), as found in the countryside in England in September 2021. They had a mottled grey and light brown colour. On each wing was a prominent, short, white line, forked about half way down its length and reminiscent of a bent letter "y". The first two photographs are of the same moth on a leaf on cultivated bushes of Rosa rugosa. Although most of the leaves on the bushes were green, the moth was resting on a dead leaf where it blended in, as shown in the second photograph. The third photograph shows a silver Y moth resting on an exterior face of a brown window frame.
