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A nice homecoming surprise after being stuck in Florida for 4 and a half weeks (the first three were planned, the rest courtesy of the volcanic ash)...
I am not sure if these are a moth that are doing this, but I have a large honeysuckle bush in my garden and all over it, on nearly every leaf there...
Afternoon trip to the park with the kids, had a bit of time to search the verges and bushes; the birch trees had many dozens of mines that I've keyed...
Following hot on the heels of over 20 successfully reared Phyllonorycter platani, this very nice P. nicellii emerged yesterday. Will be hunting...
Over the next couple of months I hope to be finding plenty of stigmellas mines on Oak leaves. There are several species that are very difficult to...
I know it's a miner that's pretty common, but I want to have a go at rearing it. I found several mines in Bramble today, some with caterpillars in...
Thanks to all the suggestions and guidance in related threads and the excellent British leafminers website, I had a search over the last few weeks...
Hi all, An interesting and common miner to look out for at this time of year is Stigmella tityrella on Beech.As leaves under go senescence at...
3 years ago I found this mine on an apple tree and could it be a Stigmella species? I am not great with mines. I found it in Mountstewart, Co Down,...
With the leafmining season in full swing I thought I'd post these three new ones for me found in the last few days. Photo 1:If you've a Laburnum...
Some leaf mines from Abney Park Cemetery, Hackney. Possible Phyllonorycter esperella on Carpinus betulus, P.coryli on Corylus avellana, and...
I found this blotch mine on Geum in my garden - frass is in pile at one end of blotch on upper side of leaf, larva about 9mm greenish coloured. Any...
The first of my Stigmella microtheriellas have just emerged from mines found on Hazel a few weeks ago.It measures a whopping 1.9mm head to toe. I...
We've all seen those Hart's Tongue Ferns growing out of the shady sides of walls, they're quite common. About a month ago I collected 3 larvae of the...
Hi all, I found this rather nice furry coleophora case and larva this morning feeding on Sallow. The case is made from the leaf of it's host plant...
Hi all I didn't know where to put this but I collected a few rolled Oak leaves the other day which contained caterpillars, they have now eaten...
Can anybody help. I have got some leaf mines and i am trying to bring them through. With the species which only mine in the leaf, i.e no case....
I noticed the leaf mines on the Viburnum Gwenllian on 09-04-2009, and two of the leaves were fused together with silk thread. On 15-04-2009 I...
Another common and widespread species,this one mines bramble. I found this particular mine on Feb. 7th 09 and the adult emerged yesterday.
Hi all, i am going to have a go at rearing some leaf miners and was hoping that someone with a little experience could advise me, i have found lots...
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