{"id":31042,"date":"2023-04-13T12:02:51","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T10:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=31042"},"modified":"2023-04-13T12:57:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T10:57:40","slug":"emerging-sallow-catkins-and-biodiversity-on-the-rise-in-the-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=31042","title":{"rendered":"Emerging sallow catkins and biodiversity on the rise in the garden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As the most important tree for insect diversity in the spring &#8211; goat willow \/ selje (<em>Salix caprea<\/em>) &#8211; emerges into flower, two more moths that feed on the catkins turned up in the garden this morning, yellow horned (v\u00e5rhalvspinner) and clouded drab (variabelt seljefly). Just waiting now for the influx of birds (chiffchaff, dunnock, thrushes) that feed on this insect feast!\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-31042 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=31043'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2081\" height=\"2183\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1077466.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-31043\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1077466.jpg 2081w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1077466-286x300.jpg 286w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1077466-976x1024.jpg 976w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1077466-768x806.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1077466-1464x1536.jpg 1464w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1077466-1952x2048.jpg 1952w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1077466-640x671.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2081px) 100vw, 2081px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-31043'>\n\t\t\t\tSalix caprea (goat willow, sallow; selje) flowers emerging\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=31044'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"687\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P2120763.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-31044\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P2120763.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P2120763-262x300.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-31044'>\n\t\t\t\tYellow horned \/ v\u00e5rhalvspinner (Achlya flavicornis); Overwinters as a pupa in a coccoon among leaves on the ground.  Feeds on Salix catkins. Larval food plants: Birch (Betula spp.)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=31045'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"767\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P2120758.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-31045\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P2120758.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P2120758-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-31045'>\n\t\t\t\tClouded drab \/ variabelt seljefly (Orthosia incerta);  Overwinters in an underground coccoon with adult perfectly formed inside. Feeds on Salix catkins and blackthorn flowers (both in the garden). Larval food plants: Many broadleaved trees including oaks and Salix.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There are records of arctic peoples chewing the flowers of various Salix species for the sweet taste and, from Alaska <em>&#8220;Indigenous children strip the catkins of this shrub and chew them. They are commonly referred to as &#8220;Indigenous bubble-gum&#8221; and are eaten before seeds ripen in June and July&#8221;.<\/em><br \/>The catkins of <em>Salix caprea<\/em> taste good to me, but I don&#8217;t know of any use of this species historically.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the most important tree for insect diversity in the spring &#8211; goat willow \/ selje (Salix caprea) &#8211; emerges into flower, two more moths that feed on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1406,226],"tags":[4812,4138,2507,4128,2949,47,3445,3446,4307,4429,2633,4126,4129,4125],"class_list":["post-31042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-butterflies-and-moths","category-insects","tag-arctic-food-plants","tag-catkins","tag-chiffchaff","tag-clouded-drab","tag-dunnock","tag-edible-flowers","tag-goat-willow","tag-salix-caprea","tag-sallow","tag-selje","tag-thrush","tag-varhalvspinner","tag-variabelt-seljefly","tag-yellow-horned"],"views":2352,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31042"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31046,"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31042\/revisions\/31046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}