As you can see, thanks to the red arrows, the mines are two small dark blotches - stigmata if you will. But if you look closer, you can see that the blotches are actually a set of tightly coiled circles winding out. A bit of backlighting and a closer view shows this, along with the larval culprit in situ ....
The larger of the two mines - winding out clockwise
The smaller mine - winding out anti-clockwise
Working through the key on British Leafminers as a starter, I quickly realised that this was the early mine of Stigmella lemniscella - despite looking not much like a typical Stigmella mine.
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Bloody LOVE that song. Ministry is one of two bands that I never saw live that I still regret, the other is NIN. :(
I've not seen Ministry either, but be default I've seen some of Ministry + Skinny Puppy et al when I saw an early tour by Pigface in 1991.
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