Tree Guide: Ash

Ash Fraxinus excelsior

Deciduous

Up to 40 metres tall

Leaves to 7cm long, arranged in alternating opposite pairs

Flowers, April-May, appearing before leaves

Fruit a single-seeded nut with wing, about 5cm long

Lunar Thorn

Selenia lunularia

Forewing length 16-22mm

Adults May-June

Larva late June-late August

Overwinters as a pupa

  

Ash Bud Moth

Prays fraxinella

 

 Forewing length 7-8mm

Adults May-October

Overwinters as larva

Pseudargyrotoza conwagana

       

 Forewing length 5-7mm

 Adults May-August

Silver-washed Fritillary

Argynnis paphia

Wingspan to 80mm

Adults June-August

Overwinters as larva on tree trunk