Found a few species yesterday 6/4/2019 in the morning at Warrington Common and afternoon at Rudheath Woods.
The usual bankers were
Phyllonorycter leucographella mines on
Pyracantha and
Stigmella aurella &
Coptotriche marginea on bramble at Warrington Common. Also on the undersides of bramble were larvae of
Carcina quercana. Hart’s-tongue ferns grew along a ditch and these contained the larvae of
Psychoides verhuella.
- Psychoides verhuella - 6/4/2019
Mines of
Phyllonorycter trifasciella were found on Honeysuckle.
- Phyllonorycter trifasciella - 6/4/2019
It was good to finally find some adults on the wing during the day, with a couple of both
Diurnea fagella resting on oak trunks
- Diurnea flagella - 6/4/2019
and
Adela reaumurella resting on bramble leaves.
- Adela reaumurella - 6/4/2019
In the afternoon in Rudheath Woods, Orange Underwing was flying. I disturbed
Ypsolopha ustella and managed to pot an
Epinotia immundana as it ran up a birch trunk. A Brindled Pug was found resting on a Rowan trunk
- Brindled Pug -6/4/2019
and mines of
Phyllonorycter trifasciella were found again on Honeysuckle as well as
Ectoedemia septembrella mines on a
Hypericum bush.
Regards
Steve