Tree Guide: Birch, Downy

                                                  Downy Birch Betula pubescens

Deciduous

Up to 30 metres tall

     Leaves to 5cm long, triangular

      Flowers in catkins, April-May

      Fruit a winged nutlet

 

Large Emerald

Geometra papilionaria

Forewing length 24-29mm

Adults late June-late August

Larva July-June

Overwinters as a larva

 

Pebble Hook-tip

Drepana falcataria falcataria

 

Forewing length 17-21mm

Adults late April-early September

 

                                     Larva July-September

                                     Overwinters as a pupa

 

Parent Bug

Elasmucha grisea

 

                                                     Length 7-9mm

                                                              Adults all year round

                                                                  Overwinters as an adult