Sunday 4 June 2017

Pistol-case

Came across this Pistol-case in Maesteg today. Coleophora serratella seems the closest I can find but not a perfect match. Any Ideas.

Also new for the valley Cauchas fibulella from a few days ago
plus a Micropterix aureatella


4 comments:

  1. What was the Coleophora on Martyn?

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  2. On an ornamental Buddleja type bush whose flowers had already gone over, underneath and inter-mingled with a sycamore.

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  3. None of which support Coleophora... looking at the case I'm guessing there is Elm around, and a Coleophora serratella case made from Elm will give you the jagged edge yours has but which you don't see on their birch feeding cousins. A long winded way of saying I think you are right!

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  4. Yes there is plenty of Elm within 10yds along the cemetery border wall, besides sycamore it is the dominant species of tree. Birch is much further away maybe 50yds.

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