Willow
Ermine Yponomeuta rorrella (Hübner,
1796) |
Status
.....Widespread but uncommon in the UK. In
Nottinghamshire, Willow Ermine seems restricted to a few wetland areas, but
it is probably a much more widespread moth than records would indicate
and as many people steer clear of most Yponomeuta species,
there must be some under-recording. We have found the larvae near
Mansfield Woodhouse and at Colwick CP, and the larval webs are extremely
conspicuous.
The identification of all the Yponomeuta
is notoriously difficult without dissection, but the adults of this
species have a distinct grey suffusion to the wings, making them easy to
determine. The larvae of all the Yponomeuta though, are much easier
to determine than the adults, and
can be safely identified by the foodplant. |
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Photographed at Market
Warsop July 2024 |
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Adult reared
ex-larva, photographed at Nettleworth Manor July 2010 |
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Early stages |
Larvae in larval web,
photographed at Nettleworth Manor June 2010 |
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Larval web, photographed
at Nettleworth Manor June 2010 |
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