The female Silver-washed Fritillary normally lays her ovum [eggs] on the north facing side of a moss covered trunk of an Oak Tree, about 60cm of the ground. The larva emerge after 3 weeks and after eating the empty egg, immediately bury themselves deep down in a small hole/crevice in the Bark of the Tree and then spin a silk pad, that they overwinter in. Emerging in the Spring.
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| Freshly laid Silver-washed Fritillary ovum |
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| Silver-washed Fritillary ovum after 2 weeks |
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This Silver-washed Fritillary ovum has been
sucked dry
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