Showing posts with label Stigmella basiguttella. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stigmella basiguttella. Show all posts

Sunday, 7 October 2012

Miners, miners everywhere

The profusion of leaf miners is still very much in evidence; just this last week have totalled around 2000 individuals of a wide range of species from many food plants. Here's a few of the latest finds:

 Stigmella tityrella
 Stigmella tityrrella mine

Parornix fagivora
Parornix fagivora -  leaf fold (3) Parornix fagivora -  leaf fold (2)

Bucculatrix thoracella
 Bucculatrix thoracella minesBucculatrix thoracella mines (2)

Stigmella basiguttella 
Stigmella basiguttella

Monday, 17 September 2012

More mining gems

Whilst we all seem to have suffered with records to the traps, leaf mines are in abundance everywhere right now here in East Kent.

Here's a few more from recent days...

Stigmella continuella
Stigmella continuella

Stigmella betulicola
Stigmella betulicola (2)

Stigmella basiguttella
Stigmella basiguttella

Phyllonorycter esperella Phyllonorycter esperella

Phyllocnistis unipunctella Phyllocnistis unipunctella (2)

Leucoptera malifoliella
Leucoptera malifoliella (2)

Dave