Last modified: Sept. 16, 2023, 11:51 a.m.
A common spring species throughout Belgium.
Native
The caterpillars are frequently eating other caterpillars. Hibernates as a pupa in an underground cocoon, often close to a tree trunk.
The adults come to light, sugar and sallow catkins.
The adults fly in one generation a year, when conditions are mild, from mid-February till late April.
The larva lives on different species of deciduous trees like Quercus and Salix.