An orange example of the extremely variable light brown apple moth (Epiphyas postvitana), a native of Australia but naturalised

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An orange example of the extremely variable light brown apple moth (Epiphyas postvitana), a native of Australia but naturalised in the UK since 1911. Adult resting on a tree branch in a garden in Thirsk, North Yorkshire. October.

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Size: 5100px × 3387px
Location: Sowerby, Thirsk, North Yorkshire, England, UK, United Kingdom, Europe
Photo credit: © DP Wildlife Invertebrates / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: animal, apple, brown, ecology, environment, epiphyas, insect, invertebrate, light, moth, nature, postvitana, wildlife