Rob Edmunds
@vc28nature.bsky.social
Leafmines/leafmines.co.uk/interested in nature
Too cloudy for the aurora last night but 7/4 in the trap. This Mottled Umber was NFY. 3 Udea ferrugalis (Rusty-dot Pearl) were highlights too #norfolkmoths
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Too cloudy for the aurora last night but 7/4 in the trap. This Mottled Umber was NFY. 3 Udea ferrugalis (Rusty-dot Pearl) were highlights too #norfolkmoths
Well done for looking for leaf mines.
This, unfortunately, is a green patch where the leaf hasn’t browned yet. S tityrella forms amazing zig zag mines on beech as in this photo
Keep looking and you will find it!
This, unfortunately, is a green patch where the leaf hasn’t browned yet. S tityrella forms amazing zig zag mines on beech as in this photo
Keep looking and you will find it!
November 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Well done for looking for leaf mines.
This, unfortunately, is a green patch where the leaf hasn’t browned yet. S tityrella forms amazing zig zag mines on beech as in this photo
Keep looking and you will find it!
This, unfortunately, is a green patch where the leaf hasn’t browned yet. S tityrella forms amazing zig zag mines on beech as in this photo
Keep looking and you will find it!
Easier to see in a surface view of the back of the mine
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Easier to see in a surface view of the back of the mine
Really pleased to trap a December Moth last night - a rarity in my garden
Such kitten-like moths!
#norfolkmoths
Such kitten-like moths!
#norfolkmoths
November 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Really pleased to trap a December Moth last night - a rarity in my garden
Such kitten-like moths!
#norfolkmoths
Such kitten-like moths!
#norfolkmoths
The very early mines of Ectoedemia heringella are visible now on Evergreen Oak (Quercus ilex) as tiny brown spots on the leaves. These leaves will be covered in their mines by next February #norfolkmoths
November 9, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The very early mines of Ectoedemia heringella are visible now on Evergreen Oak (Quercus ilex) as tiny brown spots on the leaves. These leaves will be covered in their mines by next February #norfolkmoths
Tiny fungi in the veg patch - Bonnet species (Mycena sp.)? Can it be taken to species? Photographs of the same group @norwichbirder.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Tiny fungi in the veg patch - Bonnet species (Mycena sp.)? Can it be taken to species? Photographs of the same group @norwichbirder.bsky.social
Just three moths last night but Sprawler was NFG #norfolkmoths
November 7, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Just three moths last night but Sprawler was NFG #norfolkmoths
Put the trap out last night. No rain forecast and mild too. We had some rain but 4 moths in the trap including two Udea ferrugalis (Rusty Dot Pearl) #norfolkmoths
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Put the trap out last night. No rain forecast and mild too. We had some rain but 4 moths in the trap including two Udea ferrugalis (Rusty Dot Pearl) #norfolkmoths
You could try rearing it Ruth
Cut out a small area with the cocoon and place onto sterile soil (which is on a layer of sterile sand - as ballast),
Place outside in sheltered spot and bring in next March. Here’s hannoverella last year and doing the same now for turbidella. Don’t forget drain holes!
Cut out a small area with the cocoon and place onto sterile soil (which is on a layer of sterile sand - as ballast),
Place outside in sheltered spot and bring in next March. Here’s hannoverella last year and doing the same now for turbidella. Don’t forget drain holes!
November 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
You could try rearing it Ruth
Cut out a small area with the cocoon and place onto sterile soil (which is on a layer of sterile sand - as ballast),
Place outside in sheltered spot and bring in next March. Here’s hannoverella last year and doing the same now for turbidella. Don’t forget drain holes!
Cut out a small area with the cocoon and place onto sterile soil (which is on a layer of sterile sand - as ballast),
Place outside in sheltered spot and bring in next March. Here’s hannoverella last year and doing the same now for turbidella. Don’t forget drain holes!
Arrived this morning and looks an interesting read - Norfolk Bird and Mammal Report 2024. A huge effort to publish it so promptly and beautifully illustrated!
November 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Arrived this morning and looks an interesting read - Norfolk Bird and Mammal Report 2024. A huge effort to publish it so promptly and beautifully illustrated!
The new leafmine site update is now out. Has many excellent photos including some rarely seen eg Dialectica imperialella, Scrobipalpula tusdilaginis and Stigmella spinosissimae. Others more common. The amazing spiracles of Cerodontha iraeaos - like cow horns! www.leafmines.co.uk/html/updates...
October 31, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The new leafmine site update is now out. Has many excellent photos including some rarely seen eg Dialectica imperialella, Scrobipalpula tusdilaginis and Stigmella spinosissimae. Others more common. The amazing spiracles of Cerodontha iraeaos - like cow horns! www.leafmines.co.uk/html/updates...
Well done Les.
Found three Ectoedemia hannoverella on Black Poplar today walking back from town
Found three Ectoedemia hannoverella on Black Poplar today walking back from town
October 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Well done Les.
Found three Ectoedemia hannoverella on Black Poplar today walking back from town
Found three Ectoedemia hannoverella on Black Poplar today walking back from town
Fen nettle (Urtica dioica subsp. galeopsifolia) at Wicken Fen today. A nettle which doesn’t sting!
October 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Fen nettle (Urtica dioica subsp. galeopsifolia) at Wicken Fen today. A nettle which doesn’t sting!
Lots of green islands today in leaves blown down yesterday - makes mine spotting so much easier
Stigmella trimaculella in Black Poplar
Ectoedemia subbimaculella in Oak. Note the slit underneath where frass is ejected
Stigmella trimaculella in Black Poplar
Ectoedemia subbimaculella in Oak. Note the slit underneath where frass is ejected
October 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Lots of green islands today in leaves blown down yesterday - makes mine spotting so much easier
Stigmella trimaculella in Black Poplar
Ectoedemia subbimaculella in Oak. Note the slit underneath where frass is ejected
Stigmella trimaculella in Black Poplar
Ectoedemia subbimaculella in Oak. Note the slit underneath where frass is ejected
Ectoedemia turbidella and hannoverella mines in green islands from Grey and Black Poplar trees (growing side by side!). Note the petiole mines where the larvae feed from into the leaf
October 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Ectoedemia turbidella and hannoverella mines in green islands from Grey and Black Poplar trees (growing side by side!). Note the petiole mines where the larvae feed from into the leaf
Phyllonorycter comparella- an uncommon leafminer which emerged yesterday from a mine on White Poplar collected 11.x.2025 #norfolkmoths
October 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Phyllonorycter comparella- an uncommon leafminer which emerged yesterday from a mine on White Poplar collected 11.x.2025 #norfolkmoths
Stigmella aceris mines show up well on the yellowed leaves of Field Maple today. I love the ‘black spot’ mines of Ectoedemia occultella on Birch. The larvae hide under the spot and feed from there #norfolkmoths
October 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Stigmella aceris mines show up well on the yellowed leaves of Field Maple today. I love the ‘black spot’ mines of Ectoedemia occultella on Birch. The larvae hide under the spot and feed from there #norfolkmoths
4 Large Wainscots last night with such colour variation. #norfolkmoths
October 18, 2025 at 10:44 AM
4 Large Wainscots last night with such colour variation. #norfolkmoths
Merveiille du Jour - such a stunning moth. One of Britains prettiest? One in the trap last night NFY #norfolkmoths
October 18, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Merveiille du Jour - such a stunning moth. One of Britains prettiest? One in the trap last night NFY #norfolkmoths
Large Wainscot here two night ago
October 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Large Wainscot here two night ago
Pleased to have the white mines of Cerodontha ireaos on Yellow Flag Iris in our pond. The black frass is collected in one spot with the puparium in another. Then puparium has anterior spiracles just like cow horns (see the next lesafmine site update for photos!).
October 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Pleased to have the white mines of Cerodontha ireaos on Yellow Flag Iris in our pond. The black frass is collected in one spot with the puparium in another. Then puparium has anterior spiracles just like cow horns (see the next lesafmine site update for photos!).
20/9 in the moth trap this morning. This very smart Gold Triangle (Hypsopygia costalis) was on the outside of the trap. They are flying late this year #norfolkmoths
October 17, 2025 at 7:27 AM
20/9 in the moth trap this morning. This very smart Gold Triangle (Hypsopygia costalis) was on the outside of the trap. They are flying late this year #norfolkmoths
Back again!
Highlight of last night was a Rusty Dot Pearl (Udea ferrugslis). Looking very fresh for a supposed immigrant moth
Highlight of last night was a Rusty Dot Pearl (Udea ferrugslis). Looking very fresh for a supposed immigrant moth
October 15, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Back again!
Highlight of last night was a Rusty Dot Pearl (Udea ferrugslis). Looking very fresh for a supposed immigrant moth
Highlight of last night was a Rusty Dot Pearl (Udea ferrugslis). Looking very fresh for a supposed immigrant moth