Showing posts with label Lampronia fuscatella. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lampronia fuscatella. Show all posts

Sunday, 21 April 2013

Have you twigged yet?

Whilst the images in this post might not be much to write home about, I was very pleased to find this as it was a new species for me.  This moth is rather scarce but is surely under-recorded.

Lampronia fuscatella - gall on Birch Lampronia fuscatella - opened gall on Birch Lampronia fuscatella - gall on Birch

This was on the first branch I looked closely at and was the only one I found despite searching for a further 15 mins or so, in the pouring rain at Elhampark Woods, East Kent.