Silver Y

Has a gamma mark on its forewings. Wingspan 32–43 mm. The colour varies from grey to brown. Arrives as a migrant in May from southern Europe and North Africa. Numbers vary greatly from year to year. Flies until October in 2–3 generationsgeneration A butterfly flies in 2 generations when the year’s first newly emerged adults (1st generation) bring a new “brood” (“children”) capable of flight into the world in the same year. With 3 generations there are “grandchildren” as well in the same year. The number of generations determines in how many months of the year we can see the butterfly.×. Seen wherever there is nectar or where the caterpillar's food plants grow, including nettle and Bramble. Active by day and by night – on the dike, in the plantation and around the summer houses. Flies low and is easily flushed. It does not normally survive our winter.