Tree Guide: Eared Willow

Eared Willow Salix aurita

Deciduous

3 metres tall

 

Leaves, April-May, to 4cm long

(with eared stipules on each side of leaf stem)

Flowers, March-April

Fruit, summer, in pale brown hairy capsules

 

Eyed Hawk-moth

Smerinthus ocellata

Forewing length 36-44mm

Adults May-July

Larva late June-September

Overwinters as a pupa

Red-line Quaker

Agrochola lota

 

Forewing length 15-18mm

Adults September-November

Larva April-early June

Overwinters as an egg

Ruddy Highflyer

Hydriomena ruberata

Forewing length 14-17mm

Adults May-June

Larva July-September

Overwinters as a pupa