{"id":14593,"date":"2018-11-13T18:31:07","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T17:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/plantenplagen\/ermine-moth\/"},"modified":"2023-12-11T17:40:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T16:40:10","slug":"ermine-moth","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/plantenplagen\/ermine-moth\/","title":{"rendered":"Ermine moth"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text el_id=”topentry” el_class=”topentry”]ermine moths are many: some seven hundred species exist.
\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=”35″ css=”.vc_custom_1532162142715{background-color: #e6e6e6 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”2985″ img_size=”medium” add_caption=”yes” style=”vc_box_rounded” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_single_image image=”2983″ img_size=”medium” add_caption=”yes” style=”vc_box_rounded” onclick=”img_link_large”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1532162092980{background-color: #e6e6e6 !important;}”][vc_column_text el_class=”entrytxt”]Ermine moths<\/strong> (Yponomeutidae)<\/em> are many: some seven hundred species exist. The Ermine moth is a butterfly whose caterpillars make sturdy webs. These can cover entire shrubs and trees. The caterpillars live in communal webs and can eat a tree or shrub completely bare in a short period of time. They don’t do much damage: the tree or shrub generally just sprouts again a few weeks later.
\nErmine moths lay their eggs in the bark of host plants<\/a> (especially: apple, bird cherry, spindle tree, willow<\/a>, plum<\/a>, hawthorn<\/a> and blackthorn). The eggs hibernate in the bark and in spring the larvae (caterpillars) hatch.
\nIn the vegetable and ornamental garden, you can find the spindle ermine (Yponomeuta cagnagella)<\/em>, the bird-cherry ermine (Y. evonymella)<\/em>, the apple ermine (Y. malinellus)<\/em> and the little ermel<\/a> (Swammerdamia pyrella)<\/em>, among others.
\nEarwigs, parasitoid wasps and birds<\/a> are among the natural enemies of the caterpillars of the ermine moths.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2989″ img_size=”medium” add_caption=”yes” style=”vc_box_rounded” onclick=”img_link_large”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Where to find” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Lato%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1537946500082{background-color: #536895 !important;}”][vc_column_text el_id=”entrytxt” el_class=”entrytxt” css=”.vc_custom_1542129565027{padding-left: 15px !important;}”]<\/p>\n