Kildary, East Ross 25 December 2020
Kildary, East Ross 1 December 2020 Adult female ex larva off silver birch collected 23 May 2020
Kildary, East Ross 29 November 2020 Ova on birch ex mated pair
Kildary, East Ross 10 November 2020 Male gen. prep.
Kildary, East Ross 23 November 2020
Kildary, East Ross 15 November 2020 Pair in cop
Kildary, East Ross 14 November 2020 Pair in cop
Kildary, East Ross 26 October 2020 Formerly tenanted mine in 'evergreen' bramble with resultant pupal cocoon.
Kildary, East Ross 7 November 2020
Nigg village, East Ross 5 November 2020 Yellowish brown pupal cocoon ex leaf mine in hazel
Nigg village, East Ross 28 June 2017 White pupal cocoons ex leaf mines in hazel, reared to adults.
Kildary, East Ross 7 October 2016 Vacated leaf mine in beech.
Kildary, East Ross 20 October 2020 Tenanted mine in pedunculate oak
Kildary, East Ross 11 October 2020 Male
Croick, Sutherland 30 August 2018
Croick, Sutherland 5 August 2011
Nigg Bay, East Ross 22 July 2018
Nigg Bay, East Ross 3 June 2020
Kildary, East Ross 15 August 2019
Kildary, East Ross 28 May 2019 (together with Glyphipterix simpliciella)
Kildary, East Ross 21 August 2018
Ben Wyvis, East Ross 25 July 2018 Stigmella poterii f. tengstroemi (ABH 4.0511 BF 60) mine in cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus)
Nigg Bay, East Ross 11 August 2019 Cocoon attached to grass amongst sea aster (adult reared)
Scotsburn Wood, East Ross 29 April 2015
Kildary, East Ross May 2015 Early instar larva
Croick, Sutherland 30 May 2014 Northern Eggar f. callunae pair in cop
Scotsburn Wood, East Ross 29 September 2020 Northern Eggar f. callunae early instar larva
Nigg Bay, East Ross July 2018 Early instar larva, 14 mm
Scotsburn Wood, East Ross September 2014
Scotsburn Wood, East Ross April 2015 Adult reared
Scotsburn Wood, East Ross May 2017 Adult newly emerged from cocoon
Kintyre, Argyll and Bute (VC101) July 2020 (off ox-eye daisy) Insets: adult male specimen and distal end of aedeagus Coll: Gordon Hunter Prep/Det: Nigel Richards
Kildary, East Ross 25 September 2020 33 mm larva on birch
Kildary, East Ross 25 September 2020 45 mm larva on birch
Kildary, East Ross 25 September 2020 28 mm larva on birch
Kildary, East Ross 25 September 2020 30 mm larva on birch
Kildary, East Ross 25 September 2020 28 mm larva on birch (brown/grey colour form)
Kildary, East Ross 16 September 2020
Kildary, East Ross 24 September 2020 30 mm larva on hawthorn
Strath Carnaig, Sutherland 21 September 2020 Larva found on downy birch but later photographed on silver birch.
Strath Carnaig, Sutherland 21 September 2020 Larva on birch
Kildary, East Ross 17 September 2020
Kildary, East Ross 30 June 2020
Kildary, East Ross 9 September 2020 Lichened form on birch, 25 mm, showing two pairs of vestigial prolegs
Kildary, East Ross 7 September 2020
Grey Hills Grasslands SWT reserve, Girvan, Ayrshire (VC75) 24 August 2020 Female specimen, wing length 4 mm. Insets: hindwings and gen prep Coll: Gill Smart Prep/Det: Nigel Richards
Kildary, East Ross 5 September 2020 Male, gen. det., 8/9 hairs on cristae
Grey Hill Grasslands SWT reserve, Girvan, Ayrshire (VC75) 24 August 2020 Female, wing length 4 mm Coll: Gill Smart Prep/Det: Nigel Richards
Scotsburn Wood, East Ross 29 August 2020 30 mm larva on sallow
Logie Quarry, Kildary, East Ross 28 August 2020 20 mm (incl tail) larva on sallow
Strath Rory, East Ross 24 August 2020 Larva resting on moorland sallow bush
Logie Quarry, Kildary, East Ross 26 August 2020 Larva feeding on birch
Loch Sheilah, Strath Rory, East Ross 24 August 2020 Larval spinning in birch (larva accidentally vacated)
Strath Rory, East Ross 24 August 2020 Early instar larva (approx 5 mm) on sallow
Strath Rory, East Ross 24 August 2020 Larva on moorland sallow bush
Strath Rory, East Ross 24 August 2020 Larva on sallow
Croick, East Ross 23 August 2011 Early instar larva
Strath Rory, East Ross 24 August 2020 Early instar larva
Kildary, East Ross 21 August 2020
Scotsburn Wood, East Ross October 2015
Kildary, East Ross August 2020 Male aedeagus showing 'antlers' and two cornuti, one longish & thin and one broader & gently curved.
Kildary, East Ross August 2020
Kildary, East Ross August 2020 Male, gen. det., wing length 8 mm
Nigg Bay, East Ross August 2015 Male, gen. det., wing length 5 mm
Kildary, East Ross August 2011 Male, gen. det., wing length 7.5 mm
Kildary, East Ross September 2019
East Ross June 2018 45 mm larva
Nigg Bay, East Ross July 2014 Late instar larva on mayweed
Loch Fleet, Sutherland July 2015 Early instar larva on mayweed
Kildary, East Ross August 2016 Early instar 11 mm larva on apple
Scotsburn Wood, East Ross September 2014 Final instar larva on birch
Croick, East Ross May 2013
Glen Orrin, East Ross September 2018 18 mm larva on heather
Kildary, East Ross August 2016 Final instar larva
Kildary, East Ross August 2016 Larval cocoon on yellow iris
Kildary, East Ross September 2019 on birch
Logie Quarry, East Ross September 2019 on sallow
Logie Quarry, Kildary, Ross-shire to pheromone lure 19 July 2020
Comparison between Uncertain (left) and Rustic (right) showing differences in the shape of the male juxta.
Coul Links, Sutherland Final instar August 2016
Kildary, Ross-shire Male, gen. det. 30 September 2016
Kildary, Ross-shire Male, gen. det. October 2010
Scotsburn Wood, Ross-shire Black-banded form October 2011
Kildary, Ross-shire Male, gen. det. October 2016
Kildary, Ross-shire Female October 2013
Kildary, Ross-shire November 2015
Kildary, Ross-shire November 2010
Talich SWT reserve, Ross-shire ssp. plumbata August 2018
Kildary, Ross-shire August 2016
Kildary, Ross-shire September 2017
Kildary, Ross-shire September 2018
Kildary, Ross-shire September 2010
Kildary, Ross-shire August 2013
Kildary, Ross-shire July 2016
Beinn Clach an Fheadain, Ross-shire August 2019
Shandwick Woods, Ross-shire October 2019
Kildary, Ross-shire Male, gen. det. July 2020
Northern Eggar f. callunae Croick, Sutherland April 2015
Kildary, Ross-shire September 2019
Kildary, Ross-shire October 2013
Kildary, Ross-shire Lichened form October 2015
Reared on ivy from eggs from Edinburgh January 2020
Kildary, Ross-shire May 2016 Reared to adult
Kildary, Ross-shire April 2015
Kildary, Ross-shire March 2019
Kildary, Ross-shire October 2014
Kildary, Ross-shire September 2016
Kildary, Ross-shire November 2014
Kildary, Ross-shire Dark northern form August 2015
Scotsburn Wood, Ross-shire May 2013
Scotsburn Wood, Ross-shire August 2015
Kildary, Ross-shire August 2015
Scotsburn Wood, Ross-shire September 2018
Kildary, Ross-shire September 2014
Ben Deallt, Ross-shire Reared to adult August 2018
Ben Deallt, Ross-shire ex larva, reared to adult August 2018
Loch Fleet, Sutherland June 2019
Loch Fleet, Sutherland July 2013
Glen Ord, Ross-shire May 2018
Northern Brown Argus Tarbat Ness, Ross-shire June 2016
Kildary, Ross-shire Male June 2019
Kildary, Ross-shire Male, gen. det. July 2014
Kildary, Ross-shire Melanic female, gen. det. July 2020
Kildary, Ross-shire Male, gen. det. June 2017
Kildary, Ross-shire June 2017
Kildary, Ross-shire Female, gen. det. June 2020
Kildary, Ross-shire June 2020
Inver Bay, Ross-shire July 2013
Kildary, Ross-shire July 2019
Kildary, Ross-shire August 2010
Nigg Bay, Ross-shire Male gen. prep. showing cucullus with small sharp point at apex
Nigg Bay, Ross-shire Male gen. prep. showing cucullus with apex rounded without sharp point at apex July 2017
Kildary, Ross-shire Tip of aedeagus with bifurcate projection February 2017
Scotsburn Wood, Ross-shire Bred ex larval spinning in cottongrass April 2018
Talich SWT reserve, Ross-shire Unicolorous form June 2014
Kildary, Ross-shire f. favillaceana August 2013
Kildary, Ross-shire f. haworthana (male, gen. det.) September 2019
Scotsburn Wood, Ross-shire March 2016
Logie Quarry, Kildary, Ross-shire Female July 2020
Kildary, Ross-shire Male, forewing 8 mm March 2019
Kildary, Ross-shire Male, gen. det. July 2013
Pair in cop Strathcarron, Ross-shire VC106 May 2017
Ben Wyvis, Ross-shire at 900m June 2019
Apterous female. Garve, Ross-shire April 2017
Ben Deallt, Ross-shire Male May 2018
Croick, Sutherland May 2019
Kildary, Ross-shire May 2020
Kildary, Ross-shire March 2011
Kildary, Ross-shire March 2017 Red Sword-grass (left) Sword-grass (right) compared
Kildary, Ross-shire June 2018
Strathcarron, Ross-shire June 2014 12 mm, on Thalictrum alpinum
Kildary, Ross-shire April 2020
Strathcarron, Ross-shire Female April 2014
Kildary, Ross-shire Male (gen. det.) July 2019
Kildary, Ross-shire Male gen. det. July 2016
Kildary, Ross-shire Male gen. det. August 2019
Bendeallt, Ross-shire Female, bred ex larva in bearberry July 2019
Ben Wyvis, Ross-shire July 2018
Kildary, Ross-shire May 2018
Kildary, Ross-shire Female gen. det. July 2019
Underwing hamus July 2017
Scotsburn Wood, nr Kildary, Ross-shire 10 July 2020 Female (gen. det.)
Scotsburn Wood, nr Kildary, Ross-shire 10 July 2020