Thursday 27 July 2017

Ocnerostoma .

Some rainy-day dissecting a day ago allowed me to identify 3 Ocnerostoma piniariella specimens - 2 females and a male. These were raised from Scots Pine needles I'd collected earlier in the year from Stoke Common, near Fulmer in Bucks. Martin Albertini apprises me they represent the second Bucks record - the first being in 1986. No photos, I'm afraid, but they look just like O. friesei, which is commoner.
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  1. Dave Wilton28 July 2017 at 23:03

    Nice to see your collection of nibbled needles providing some excellent records, Andy!

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    1. Andrew King29 July 2017 at 15:24

      Yes. It always beats me that all these things can make a living eating bits of pine tree. It really doesn't look at all appetizing.

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