A case of the Yp's: Part II

In a follow on from the previous post,   http://kentmicromoths.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/a-case-of-yps-part-i.html  here are the other two Yponomeuta species that I have found in the larval stage already this year: two of the Spindle feeders - Y. cagnagella and Y. plumbella. These both seem quite numerous this year.

Y. plumbella - larval feeding signs: wilted shoots



Y. cagnagella - larval web

Going dotty

Been seeing all sorts of spots before my eyes of late both attracted to the garden trap and with rearing success: here are a few of the recent monochrome marvels...

Ethmia dodecea

Yponomeuta cagnagella bred ex larva on Spindle

Yponomeuta evonymella

Yponomeuta plumbella bred ex larva on Spindle

Yp, Yp hooray

Have been busy searching for larval stages of the monochrome marvels that are the Yponomeutidae and have so far managed to find three species all within 50 yards of home. A sample of each has been collected for rearing, so watch this space...


Yponomeuta plumbella larva ex mine on Spindle

Yponomeuta padella larvae on Hawthorn

Yponomeuta cagnagella in communal web on Spindle

The 'top prize' of Y. irrorella still eludes me but it must be out here amongst this lot somewhere as a handful of adults have been turning up in the garden each year for the past four years, the search continues...

Emergence-y, Emergence-y...

Apologies for dodgy title but every day seems to bring new emergence from the wealth of larvae, cases and pupae collected over the last few months, some of the latest include:

Acrobasis consociella: http://kentmicromoths.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/early-stages-acrobasis-consociella.html


Agonopterix assimilella: http://kentmicromoths.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/weekend-round-up-good-variety.html


Coleophora solitariella: http://kentmicromoths.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/fruitful-dusking-forays.html


Yponomeuta cagnagella