Feathered Thorn - several munching happily on my lilac bush
Presumed Square-spot Rustic. One I found when at Ketton Quarry a couple of weeks ago - it should be easy to rear on grass and weeds but so far it's hardly touching anything I offer ....
Winter Moth - found several on both hawthorn and rowan
Currently unidentified geometrid found on hawthorn - looks most like Autumnal Moth but seems unlikely
Trachycera advenella - easy to find on hawthorn
Uknown micro round on rowan - looks like a tortrix
Larval web found on Bird-cherry - Bird-cherry Ermine
Pistol Case-bearer Coleophora anatipennella on hawthorn
Found several Coleophorid cases on hawthorn like these - not convinced they are all the same species, probably both Coleophora spinella and Coleophora coracipennella
Another Coleophorid on hawthorn - this one is odd though as the case is very small and probably the first one produced.
3 comments:
Hi Mark
Any tips on finding Coleophora cases? I might go looking tomorrow as they look fascinating.
What habitat were yours found in?
Cheers
Hello Ben,
Sorry if you meant looking today. Firstly, I can't be that lucky and I am damn sure that the site I was at is not special.
I simply parked up in a layby at the roadside on the fairly busy A426 that runs south from where I live in Whetstone to Lutterworth. I looked at one big hawthorn for about 40 minutes and found various larvae quite easily, including several coleophorids which were all on flower buds for some reason. The Pistol Case-bearer was found within a quick 5 minute check of another hawthorn hedge down a county lane (the same spot where I watch Little Owls and found the dead Barn Owl) - again not a remarkable site. I was actually looking for T. advenella larvae as I wanted to get a photo.
I think the only skill required (aside from eyesight) is patience!
Good luck.
Thabnks Mark
I didn't go today as it happens, I will have a look tomorrow :)
Hoping to get a few Moths tonight as i've put two traps out in Woodland.
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