Tuesday 12 April 2016

Ectoedemia heringella in Cardiff

I've been looking out for this one for a while, and finally found it this afternoon in Bute Park. These quite distinctive little mines on Holm Oak, very different from Stigmella suberivora.

5 comments:

  1. Nice one, Dave. I deliberately went looking for this on holm oaks in Llanelli a couple of weeks ago, but did n`t find it, so it does n`t seem to be in SE Carms yet.

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  2. Nice one, Dave. I deliberately went looking for this on holm oaks in Llanelli a couple of weeks ago, but did n`t find it, so it does n`t seem to be in SE Carms yet.

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  3. Excellent. I've been looking for this one in Cardiff too. I guess it must be a recent arrival from the east as it seems to be spreading quickly in southern England.

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  4. Interestingly it was close to Sofia Gardens, where the first Cardiff Cameraria's were found. It might be worth try looking near car parks?

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  5. Sorry about the `double comment`. I forgot say though, that I could n`t check another urban edge clump of Llanelli holm oaks the other day, as I flushed a new pair of kites off the nest...those holm oaks will have to checked later. I bet that Barry Stewart encouraged the kites to nest there to stop me finding Ectoedemia!

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