Tree Guide: Birch, Silver

Silver Birch Betula pendula

Deciduous

Up to 30 metres tall

Leaves to 5.5cm long, triangular

Flowers in catkins, April-May  

Fruit a winged nutlet

 

Lesser Swallow Prominent

Pheosia gnoma

Larva June-September

Overwinters as a pupa

Forewing length 20-26mm

Adults late April-August

Miller

Acronicta leporina

 

Forewing length 16-21mm

Adults late May-early August

Larva July-early October

Overwinters as a pupa

Birch Sawfly

Cimbex femoratus

 

 

 

Length 25mm

Adults May-August

Larva June-September

Overwinters as a pupa