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Rob Edmunds @vc28wildlife.bsky.social · 1d

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That’s a lot! - I had just 2 last night (Large Yellow Underwings)

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Rob Edmunds @vc28wildlife.bsky.social · 2d

Aborted Stigmella salicis

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Rob Edmunds @vc28wildlife.bsky.social · 2d

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Rob Edmunds @vc28wildlife.bsky.social · 2d

Ask your county beetle recorder if they’d like records
Easy to rear - put in a pot with some damp tissue wrapped around the stalk
Open each day to stop mould
Adults soon emerge

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Rob Edmunds @vc28wildlife.bsky.social · 2d

Brown blotches are Isochnus species - usually foliorum
Yes to pastorella on the left photo

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Rob Edmunds @vc28wildlife.bsky.social · 3d

Well done Ruth
You’ve found it ✔️

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Rob Edmunds @vc28wildlife.bsky.social · 4d

It is Steve
Easy to spot too in green islands at this time of year

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Rob Edmunds @vc28wildlife.bsky.social · 4d

The gales are bringing down leaves. Look for green islands at the base of the Populus species for Ectoedemia mines. This is the first Ectoedemia hannoverella of the season on Black Poplar this morning
#norfolkmoths

Lower leaf has the green island by the petiole

Doublet rack frass is characteristic. Larva hides in the mined petiole

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Rob Edmunds @vc28wildlife.bsky.social · 5d

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Rob Edmunds @vc28wildlife.bsky.social · 5d

I was surprised how quickly it emerged Steve

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Rob Edmunds @vc28wildlife.bsky.social · 5d

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Rob Edmunds @vc28wildlife.bsky.social · 5d

Poplars are tricky especially as suckers Les
Grey Polar has smoother edges and feels thicker than a black poplar leaf

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Rob Edmunds @vc28wildlife.bsky.social · 5d

Look at wasteland or unkempt edges of urban lanes for this species Annie. I’ve even found them growing bu the path by level crossing gates

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Rob Edmunds @vc28wildlife.bsky.social · 5d

I bought a mine of Phyllonorycter pastorella from our Weeping Willow indoors yesterday afternoon to see if an adult would emerge
It did - by this morning!
A very handsome moth
#norfolkmoths

pastorella mine - long and with a strong central crease

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Rob Edmunds @vc28wildlife.bsky.social · 5d

Probably Lyonetia clerkella but need to see the frass pattern to be sure

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Rob Edmunds @vc28wildlife.bsky.social · 5d

I think that’s Poplar Les which makes the mine Phyllocnistis unipunctella

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Rob Edmunds @vc28wildlife.bsky.social · 6d

Don’t know if anyone is interested in any of these as I’m having a clear out
I also have the complete run from 1955 (mostly in good condition)
Make an offer?

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Rob Edmunds @vc28wildlife.bsky.social · 7d

Think it’s Phyllonorycter messaniella. P cerasicolella mines cause the leaf to arch up as the mine contracts. Your leaf stays flat

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Rob Edmunds @vc28wildlife.bsky.social · 7d

What is the plant Steve

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Rob Edmunds @vc28wildlife.bsky.social · 8d

A lovely location

Rob Edmunds @vc28wildlife.bsky.social · 9d

Red-green Carpet last night. Sitting with its abdomen tip raised - I’ve never noticed this behaviour before in this species #norfolkmoths

Rob Edmunds @vc28wildlife.bsky.social · 9d

That looks ok

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Rob Edmunds @vc28wildlife.bsky.social · 10d

Good find too 👍

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Rob Edmunds @vc28wildlife.bsky.social · 10d

Heterathrus microcephalus on our Weeping Willow - a sawfly miner I rarely see. Lyonetia prunifoliella mining Blackthorn seedlings in the garden. Lots of frass extruded under the leaf is characteristic

Heterarthrus microcephalus mines willow leaf tips

Note copious frass extruded beneath the leaf

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