Tree Guide: Grey Willow

Grey Willow Salix cinerea

Deciduous

10 metres tall

Leaves, thin, oval with pointed tip, to 10cm long

Flowers, March-April, in catkins

Fruit, May-June, with woolly seeds

Dun-bar

Cosmia trapezina

Forewing length 13-16mm

Adults July-September

Larva April-June

Overwinters as an egg

Common Wave

Cabera exanthemata

Forewing length 14-16mm

Adults May-September

Larva June-October

Overwinters as a pupa

 

Cream-spot Ladybird

Calvia 14-guttata

Length 4-5.5mm

Adults, April-October