Thursday 14 June 2012

Early stages: Acrolepia autumnitella

Plenty of these highly visible and readily identifiable mines around just now.  Just about every Bittersweet (Solanum dulcamara) plant around here has many of these on it.

Acrolepia autumnitella mine Acrolepia autumnitella tenanted mine Acrolepia autumnitella tenanted mine (2) Acrolepia autumnitella larva
And they are pretty easy to rear through and make such a beautiful, reticulate cocoon in the process Acrolepia autumnitella pupa and cocoon
Dave

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