This beautiful moth spent a whole day on the outside of my window. It was a miserable grey drizzly day so I expect it was just waiting for the weather to improve. It is a Silver Y, Autographa gamma, a common and widespread moth that is often seen in the daytime. This one was happy for me to practice a few close-up photos. I used flash and because it is reflected away by the glass it gives a dark background. The second photo was taken from inside, through the window. The window wasn't clean (!) but I have tidied up the photos as much as I can.
The photos above were taken with a 100mm macro lens. I also use a clip-on Raynox 250 to get closer but I was limited by the position of the moth on the window and the width of the ring flash. Here are close-ups of the scales on the wing and the eye.
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