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](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uRrXE9vpyHVVVS6J6bkjByLbCQfqFNS7JxPbgkx0etfnGyVEuXHFLqyuqs4KHGmp4Hby0_CP9dfn4OVS0IjQOynhCps-CY7IPovRIoxKwjDHxe3uKioYVhVyAQrtzwrA=s0-d)
Yponomeuta plumbella larva ex mine on Spindle
![Yponomeuta padella larvae](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vTFZsTR8ZogNc4KaC7na78jCufTRhQWMAnxYwK2x1Z4f7CBkvwBewDX6guM6vThYolFTx8uICT4_hi25cFjZ0BomI68bs--_Gb-DU2dZzQAvtv5GiulJeUhEtPFejZKQ=s0-d)
Yponomeuta padella larvae on Hawthorn
![Yponomeuta cagnagella larva](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_unJqlJWsXMZFmypL0RiYyN36Rk0d5GZ_jRmz3OqfJqxszsZ2AiAPKcXmh0R1VTGU6PHyHa6U4IlWOnSS6Rq6IqPrzlGdlkoqEOGLfd2KV5myuTvn_bfYfTnwuNBAtK=s0-d)
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...