FlyinginFordham: Two new garden species confirmed from mines

On Sunday I popped out in the garden to check the various small shrubs and trees for mines. I have a nice sized Field Maple bush, a Rose and saplings of Oak, White Poplar, Beech and Hawthorn.

I was very pleased to find several mines on both the Field Maple and Hawthorn (Bearing in mind the Hawthorn is but a twig, with only 40 or so leaves actually on it!).

I posted the photo over to Leonard Cooper whom is far more knowledgeable on mines than I am, and he instantly confirmed Parornix anglicella on the Hawthorn and Stigmella aceris on the Field Maple, excellent!

I've retained a bunch of box of the mines in a sealed container to see if they hatch out next spring.

I also ran the trap last night and there were 10 moths of 7 species, better than nowt.

A rather smart dark-lined Mottled Umber was kept for a photo.