Feeding signs on Alder catkin, 15.1.24., adult reared emerged 24.6.24. N.B. Frass can be expelled from any point along the catkin in this species, including the tip. Personal observation, Patrick Clement.
Reared by Will Langdon from mines he found on Viper's Bugloss, Echium vulgare, at Dungeness, Kent in September 2022. Only the 4th record of this species in the UK and the first confirmed breeding.
Final stage larval cone on sycamore, Comer Wood, Shropshire, 24th August 2021. Larva left the cone to pupate the following day. Adult emerged 13th September 2021.
On Quercus, Kingsford Country Park, Worcestershire, 9th October 2021.
Lower image shows larva in opened leaf.
Upper image shows the distinctive signs of habitation with leaf folded and 'tacked' in place with silk.
A surprise emergence from some fallen Norway Spruce cones collected in early April, north Worcestershire. The larva must have constructed its overwintering cocoon on one of the fallen cones.
a surprise emergence from some fallen Norway Spruce cones collected in early April, Hunthouse Wood, Worcestershire. The larva must have constructed its overwintering cocoon on one of the fallen cones.
From mine on Populus x canadensis, Italian Poplar, Hitchen, Herts, 30th October 2019 (John Chainey). Emerged 29th April 2020 (indoors, reared Steve Whitehouse).
From mine on Populus x canadensis, Italian Poplar, Hitchen, Herts, 30th October 2019 (John Chainey). Emerged 29th April 2020 (indoors, reared Steve Whitehouse).
