Rob Edmunds
@vc28nature.bsky.social
Leafmines/leafmines.co.uk/interested in nature
Persistence pays off Steve - looks like glutinosae
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Persistence pays off Steve - looks like glutinosae
You can see the hymenopteran pupa but it is useful to see it dorsally and ventrally.
Looks like it has the dark ventral plate of glutinosae?
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Looks like it has the dark ventral plate of glutinosae?
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November 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
You can see the hymenopteran pupa but it is useful to see it dorsally and ventrally.
Looks like it has the dark ventral plate of glutinosae?
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Looks like it has the dark ventral plate of glutinosae?
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Larva is in not too good a condition Steve so can’t tell the species
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Larva is in not too good a condition Steve so can’t tell the species
Crimson Speckled Steve
I’m jealous / only seen them in Spain!
I’m jealous / only seen them in Spain!
November 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Crimson Speckled Steve
I’m jealous / only seen them in Spain!
I’m jealous / only seen them in Spain!
It does look like messaniella Ollie. It is known on Birch. Nice find
November 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It does look like messaniella Ollie. It is known on Birch. Nice find
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
If that is a slit underneath then it’s Ectoedemia subbimaculella
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
If that is a slit underneath then it’s Ectoedemia subbimaculella
No slit at base of mine and older mine - Ectoedemia albifasciella Ruth
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
No slit at base of mine and older mine - Ectoedemia albifasciella Ruth
Poplar species are tricky Steve with hybrids and suckers all looking differently
November 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Poplar species are tricky Steve with hybrids and suckers all looking differently
The leaf doesn’t look like Grey Poplar Steve as it hasn’t got such round edges
It’s probably argyropeza on a larger aspen leaf?
It’s probably argyropeza on a larger aspen leaf?
November 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The leaf doesn’t look like Grey Poplar Steve as it hasn’t got such round edges
It’s probably argyropeza on a larger aspen leaf?
It’s probably argyropeza on a larger aspen leaf?
Easy Steve - there will be nothing left for others to find soon!
Great spots ✔️
Great spots ✔️
November 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Easy Steve - there will be nothing left for others to find soon!
Great spots ✔️
Great spots ✔️
Thanks James
I’ll take a look
I’ll take a look
November 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Thanks James
I’ll take a look
I’ll take a look
We’ve got that tree too. One of my favourite apples, along with Norfolk Royal Russet
November 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
We’ve got that tree too. One of my favourite apples, along with Norfolk Royal Russet
Try and find the mines now?
November 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Try and find the mines now?
You are on a roll Steve! Well done. You will now spot this species more often
November 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
You are on a roll Steve! Well done. You will now spot this species more often
All turbidella Steve - double track frass and petiole mine
An uncommon miner
Try and rear? Usually straightforward- mine are at the side of the garage for the winter
An uncommon miner
Try and rear? Usually straightforward- mine are at the side of the garage for the winter
November 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
All turbidella Steve - double track frass and petiole mine
An uncommon miner
Try and rear? Usually straightforward- mine are at the side of the garage for the winter
An uncommon miner
Try and rear? Usually straightforward- mine are at the side of the garage for the winter