Mine on Oak

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SteveH
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Mine on Oak

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Mine on Oak:

Hi Folks,

Not much on the moth front on the local patch at the moment (dragonflies having taken centre stage just now) - however, the attached were found this morning. The mine on oak is a puzzle and I'm wondering if it might be an old mine of Acrocercops brongniardella? The larva is one of the biggest of Buff-tip Phalera bucephala that I'd ever seen, and it was also the first for tetrad SJ47M outside of our garden.

Cheers,
Steve

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Buff-tip larva - SJ4474 - 9th September 2012
Buff-tip larva - SJ4474 - 9th September 2012
Profenusa pygmaea (a sawfly) mine - SJ4474 - 9th September 2012
Profenusa pygmaea (a sawfly) mine - SJ4474 - 9th September 2012
Last edited by SteveH on Sun Sep 09, 2012 9:11 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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stevehind
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Re: Mine on Oak

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Hi Steve,

It's the sawfly mine Profenusa pygmaea, which is common and widespread throughout Cheshire.

Regards,
Steve

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SteveH
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Re: Mine on Oak

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Cheers Steve .....

Another sawfly to the patch list then :-)

Steve

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