Back with a bang; great start to peak miner season

It has been far too long since my last post but now back on the blog, just in time for peak Lep miner season.

Had a very productive weekend in East Kent with over 65 species of Lep miner, a great start to the autumn miner season.

This included no less than EIGHT Parornix species:

P. betulae

P. carpinella

P. devoniella

P. fagivora

P. finitimella
P. scoticella
P. torquilella
P. anglicella

Mines by the dozen

Literally dozens of mines around now from a wide range of species and food plants...

Callisto denticulella on Apple


Parornix anglicella on Hawthorn

Phyllonorycter coryli on Hazel

Parornix devoniella on Hazel

Leucospilapteryx omissella on Mugwort