Miner season shifts up a gear

The number of miners is now steadily on the rise. Here are some of the latest finds...
 Antispila metalella mine in Dogwood
 
Lyonetia clerkella mine on Hawthorn
 
Stigmella hybnerella mine on Hawthorn
  Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae mine on Hawthorn Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae mine on Hawthorn - underside

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

A rich seam at the mine

Well peak season for miners seems to be taking off now, half an hour or so scouring hedges close to the house at the weekend yielded, amongst others the following:

Antispila metallella on Dogwood: tenanted and vacated (showing cut-out)


Stigmella malella on Apple - tenanted


Stigmella lemniscella on Elm


Phyllonorycter blancardella on Apple (upperside and underside)


Callisto denticulella - tenanted


Lyonetia clerkella - quite a few of these


Dave