73.015 .... B&F 2441
Silver Y Autographa gamma (Linnaeus, 1758)
Status .....A generally common and occasionally abundant migrant to all parts of Nottinghamshire. Arrival from late April or May, with moths regular until late October or early November. Often several influxes of Continental migrants in good Silver Y years.
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Photographed at Market Warsop June 2015   Photographed at Warsop Main Pit Top August 2013
 
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Silver Y showing characteristics of the form gammina, photographed at Eakring Flash September 2004
 
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Photographed at Mill Lane, Eakring village September 2003   Photographed near Eakring village November 2002
 
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Early stages                            
Ova (egg). Photographed at Market Warsop July 2019
 
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Full grown (captive reared) larvae. Photographed at Market Warsop July 2019
 
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Near full-grown larva. Photographed at Market Warsop August 2019
 
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Full-grown larva. Photographed at Market Warsop July 2022
 
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Silver Y
 
The accompanying graph is produced from our own records since 2004 and shows that Silver Y arrival occurs from May (occasionally late April) onwards. Peak numbers of return migrants can be expected in August and September.
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The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Lound Moth Group. Richard Rogers. Colin Watkin. Graham and Anona Finch. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. David Hursthouse. Phil Lee. Netherfield Wildlife Group. Sherwood Forest Rothamsted trap results 1986-1990. Sean Tobin. Wil Heeney. Graham Beeley. Tim Sexton. Phil Cadman. Dave Morton. Andy Ashley. Mark Dennis (Colwick Park Bird Reports 1993-2001). David Yates. Meg Skinner. Darren Matthews. Martin Dale. Pauline Bradford. Robert and Jill Carlyle. Sherwood Forest Invertebrate Directory 2014. NBGRC. Ian Hunt. Graham Birkett. Indy Kiemel and Agnes Kiemel. Martin Gray. Rob Johnson. Jane Carruthers. Melanie Newman. Peter Acton. Steven Chick. Ian Blackmore-Allen. Barry Lygo. Charles Cannon. Caron Stubbs (Ransom Wood Moth Trapping Results 2010-2013). Iain Leach, Kate Harte and Paul Baker (Budby South Forest Moth Trapping Results). Tom Shields. Ian Ellis. Jason Reece and Lily Reece. Andy Adcock. David Shaw. Brian Wetton. Agnes Kiemel. Nick and Samantha Brownley.

You can contribute your own records to help us gain an accurate status of this species in Nottinghamshire. Send an Excel spreadsheet of your records via the 'contact us' link at the top of the homepage.

Updated January 2024
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