Early Stages: Hawthorn miners in abundance

All of the hawthorn hedgerows I look at are currently covered in mines of a range of species, here are four species from the last couple of days:

Ectoedemia atricollis
 


Parornix anglicella
 

Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae

Phyllonorycter corylifoliella

Dave

Early stages: Adaina microdactyla

The 'bore holes' and associated galls caused by the larvae of this species are relatively easy to find right now; I found a handful in 2-3 minutes on my way to pick up the kids from school.






Opening up the stems gently will generally reveal the larva inside...




Dave

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 betulicola


Stigmella basiguttella


Phyllonorycter esperella

Phyllocnistis unipunctella

Leucoptera malifoliella


Dave

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