Tree Guide: Guelder Rose

Guelder Rose Viburnum opulus

Deciduous

4 metres tall

Leaves 5-10cm long, broad and three-lobed

Flowers, May-July, in branched inflorescences

Small red berries, September-October

Yellow-barred Brindle

Acasis viretata 

Forewing length 10-14mm

Adults May-June

Larva June-July

Overwinters as a pupa

Myathropa florea

Length 10-14mm

Adults May-October

Larva (rat-tailed) in stagnant water in hollow trees

Episyrphus balteatus

Length 9-12mm

Adults March-November

Larva predates aphids