On Salix fragilis, Halesowen, VC37. September 10th 2019.
Although this mine began in a leaf it then travelled 20cm up the stem before moving to a second leaf and pupating two thirds the way along the leaf edge.
The dark head and ventral plates are diagnostic features of E. atricollis larvae, the ventral plates being far more obvious in the early/intermediate instars. The image illustrates the same larva and mine photographed a week apart, the image from 23rd Sept. showing the fully mature larva exiting the mine.
Hagley, Worcestershire.
Reared from fold on leaf edge of Prunus spinosa (blackthorn). Collected 7th July 2019, adult emerged 24th July 2019.
Gen Det, male.
Reared from larva on Ononis repens (restharrow), Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, 20th May 2019. Later fed on buttercup flowers. Adult emerged 1st July 2019. Gen Det, male.
Larval feeding signs in Ribes rubrum. The wilted leaves with the presence of frass indicate feeding larvae within shoots. Worcestershire, 21st March 2019.
The native food plants for this species are Wayfaring-tree (Viburnum lantana) and Guelder Rose (Viburnum opulus) but cultivated Viburnum species may also be used, particularly the evergreen, winter-flowering Viburnum tinus which is commonly found in gardens and as municipal planting.
The native food plants for this species are Wayfaring-tree (Viburnum lantana) and Guelder Rose (Viburnum opulus) but cultivated Viburnum species may also be used, particularly the evergreen, winter-flowering Viburnum tinus which is commonly found in gardens and as municipal planting.
On Scots Pine, Highgate Common, Staffordshire. February 2019.
After initially mining a needle, feeding internally, the larva vacates the mine, spinning up next to a bud, boring into it to feed.
Mine on Scots Pine, Highgate Common, Staffordshire, 21st February 2019.
Note there is no frass in the mine as it is ejected through one or two holes (hole visible at base of mine).
Corngreaves Nature Reserve, VC39.
On hornbeam (Carpinus).
The early mines are silvery, upper-surface blisters (left) which, as they mature, distort the leaf upwards (middle) often resulting in a fold (right).
