Continuing the rich seam of miners

So many mines around right now; here's a few more from the last few days:

Stigmella plagicolella


Scrobipalpa costella


Bedellia somnulentella


Tischeria ekebladella


Stigmella trimaculella (inc cocoon)


Stigmella samiatella


Dave

A rich seam of Bucculatrix mines

There are mines everywhere right now from across a wide range of host plants; it really is prime time for miners.

These four Bucculatrix species were all found locally over the last few days:

 Bucculatrix thoracella


Bucculatrix bechsteinella

 Bucculatrix albedinella

Bucculatrix ulmella


Dave

NFY micro smorgasbord

The hot weather this week has been excellent for trapping in the garden and dusking nearby, with a nice variety of new for year species added to the list:

Caryocolum blandella


Nemapogon ruricolella


Gypsonoma dealbana


Euzophera pinguis


Lobesia abscisana


Epagoge grotiana


Acleris holmiana


Dave

Black and White and Red (Data)

The first Yponomeuta irrorella of the year arrived at the trap on Monday, with further specimens Tuesday and Wednesday.
 


I had been getting worried about this one, as it is an annual visitor (usually about 4 or 5 a year), but perhaps not surprisingly, it is a little late this year. I have loads of spindle adjacent to the garden and given the regular appearance of this moth at the trap, I think it is safe to assume a small breeding population of this rare moth is located nearby. I have not as yet managed to locate any larvae, despite extensive searching.

Dave

ella, ella, ella....

Not trendy enough to be a reference to a track from Rihanna but just noted that most of the new for year micros in the garden this week had one thing in common...

Dichomeris marginella


Phycitodes binaevella


Tinea semifulvella


Nomophila noctuella


Blastodacna hellerella


Acrobasis advenella


Dave

Of galls, blotches, folds and galleries

...just some of the guises of various early stages found in recent days:

Stigmella speciosa on Sycamore


Stigmella ruficapitella on Oak

Stigmella salicis on Goat Willow

Lyonetia clerkella on Silver Birch

Phyllonorycter hilarella/dubitella on Goat Willow

Mompha raschkiella on Rosebay Willowherb

Mompha sturnipennella on Rosebay Willowherb
 

Dave

More rearing success

Another couple of micros successfully reared through:

Mompha epilobiella


Early stages detailed in earlier blog post:
http://kentmicromoths.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/early-stages-mompha-epilobiella.html

Epermenia chaerophylella


Early stages detailed in earlier blog post:
http://kentmicromoths.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/early-stages-epermenia-chaerophyllella.html

Dave