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

Sunday, 4 November 2012

Stigs to the power of 5

Still plenty of leaf mines to be found - here's a quartet of Stigmella species from recent days...

Stigmella samiatella
Stigmella samiatella leaf mine on Castanea

Stigmella perpygmaeella
Stigmella perpygmaeella larva and leaf mine on Crataegus


Stigmella floslactella
Stigmella floslactella leaf mine on Corylus

Stigmella lemniscella
Stigmella lemniscella leaf mine on Ulmus

Stigmella hemargyrella
Stigmella hemargyrella leaf mine on Fagus

Dave

Saturday, 7 July 2012

Meanwhile, back at the mines...

More and more miner finds almost daily now wherever I look - parks, gardens, hedgerows etc etc.

Here's some of the latest to keep an eye out for:

First two, Phyllonorycter esperella on Hornbeam
Phyllonorycter esperella larva in mine on Hornbeam Phyllonorycter esperella mine on Hornbeam

Also on Hornbeam, Stigmella floslactella
Stigmella floslactella mine on Hornbeam

Next two, Parornix anglicella on Hawthorn
Parornix anglicella mine on hawthorn (3) Parornix anglicella mine on hawthorn (2)

Next two, Stigmella plagicolella on Blackthorn
Stigmella plagicolella mines on Blackthorn Stigmella plagicolella tenanted mine on Blackthorn

Phyllonorycter coryli on Hazel
Phyllonorycter coryli leaf mines on Hazel

Dave