Thursday 22 March 2012

Early stages: Bucculatrix nigricomella

Another one to watch out for right now:

Found several active mines of Bucculatrix nigricomella on Ox-eye Daisy and some of these have already moved to the free-living larvae stage.

Bucculatrix nigricomella mine
Mine


Bucculatrix nigricomella tenanted mine
Tenanted mine with well-grown larva.  Windowing from grazing is visible near the tip of the leaf.

Bucculatrix nigricomella free-living larva
Free-living larva

Dave


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