
Small Argent & Sable
Flies by day, particularly in warm or sunny conditions.
They overwinter as pupae in plant debris. The larvae can be found from late June to mid August in the south, or early July to early September further north, feeding between spun leaves.
Birch (Betula spp.), Bog Myrtle (Myrica gale); also occasionally on sallow (Salix spp.)
Coppiced deciduous woodland, boggy moorland and on one site in the Somerset Levels
Iain Leach
Iain Leach
Iain Leach
Iain Leach
Iain Leach
Iain Leach
Bob Eade
Bob Eade
Iain Leach
Iain Leach
Bob Eade
Bob Eade
Janet Graham
Janet Graham