On leafmining...
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 1:52 pm
Hi Folks,
Yesterday wasn't too bad on the leaf-mining front, probably in the order of 30-40 species, though with many of them being repeats from either this or previous years I've not noted them all down. There were a few 'local' rarities however, specifically:
Stigmella salicis
Phyllonorycter geniculella
Phyllonorycter acerifoliella (see below: on Maple - amazingly I identified the tree too!)
Phyllonorycter tristigella and
Parornix devoniella
All in all, quite a pleasing return.
Cheers,
Steve
Yesterday wasn't too bad on the leaf-mining front, probably in the order of 30-40 species, though with many of them being repeats from either this or previous years I've not noted them all down. There were a few 'local' rarities however, specifically:
Stigmella salicis
Phyllonorycter geniculella
Phyllonorycter acerifoliella (see below: on Maple - amazingly I identified the tree too!)
Phyllonorycter tristigella and
Parornix devoniella
All in all, quite a pleasing return.
Cheers,
Steve