13: ROESLERSTAMIIDAE, 14: BUCCULATRICIDAE

13.002 Burnished Copper (Roeslerstammia erxlebella) mine on Common Lime at Pin Hill Lane, Midgley on Sept. 13th 2024. At 7mm in length it's a typically small mine at the tip of the leaf.

13.002 Burnished Copper (Roeslerstammia erxlebella) to light at Cromwell Bottom on Aug. 3rd 2024.

The moth was a little worn but the purple shoulders, yellow head and white banded antennae can just be seen.

14.002 Daisy Tuft (Bucculatrix nigricomella) cocoon on a grass blade in among a sizeable patch of Oxeye Daisies by the towpath at Elland bypass, May 11th 2012.  

14.002 Daisy Tuft (Bucculatrix nigricomella) to light at Cromwell Bottom on Aug. 3rd 2024.

14.002 Daisy Tuft (Bucculatrix nigricomella) to MV light at the cabin, Cromwell Bottom, June 1st 2019.

14.008 Alder Tuft (Bucculatrix cidarella) mine and larva on Common Alder on the Hebble Trail, Salterhebble, Sept. 6th 2017.

14.008 Alder Tuft (Bucculatrix cidarella) moulting cocoonet, Sept. 7th 2017. After vacating the mine pictured above the larva quickly spun this cocoon to moult in. A couple of days later it emerged and began to graze the lower surface of the leaf (see below).

14.008 Alder Tuft (Bucculatrix cidarella)  larva, Sept. 11th 2017, details above. A few days later it was full grown and went on to pupate.

14.008 Alder Tuft (Bucculatrix cidarella) cocoon with pupa, Mar. 16th 2018, details above. It was over wintered outdoors and now brought inside, hopefully it shouldn't be too long before the adult emerges...famous last words!

14.008 Alder Tuft (Bucculatrix cidarella) May 3rd 2018. SEVEN weeks after bringing the cocoon (pictured above) indoors the adult has finally emerged safe and sound - it even posed quite happily for its photo shoot which makes a nice change from some of these tiny micros.

14.008 Alder Tuft (Bucculatrix cidarella) mines on Alder, Tag Loop, Oct. 11th 2010.

14.009 Lime Tuft (Bucculatrix thoracella) mines (arrowed) on Broad-leaved Lime, the Hebble Trail at Salterhebble, Oct. 20th 2010. The mines are narrow and tiny because the larvae soon vacate them to graze on the leaf externally.

14.009 Lime Tuft (Bucculatrix thoracella), two mines, top right and bottom left, on Common Lime (Tilia x europaea) at Brearley Wetlands, Mytholmroyd on Sept. 24th 2024.

14.009 Lime Tuft (Bucculatrix thoracella) mine on Common Lime (Tilia x europaea) by the towpath at Brearley Wetlands, Mytholmroyd on Aug. 3rd 2023.

14.009 Lime Tuft (Bucculatrix thoracella) pupal cocoon on Common Lime (Tilia x europaea) by the towpath at Brearley Wetlands on Aug. 3rd 2023.

14.009 Lime Tuft (Bucculatrix thoracella) pupal cocoon on Aug. 4th 2023, details as above. I was hoping to rear the moth pupa through but on opening it up this parasitic wasp pupa appeared instead.

14.010 Oak Tuft (Bucculatrix ulmella) mine on oak, next to the towpath near Elland Bridge, Oct.11th 2010. The mines are very small and easily overlooked but all the more rewarding when you do find them.

14.010 Oak Tuft (Bucculatrix ulmella) one of two to light at my garden at Luddenden Foot on June 20th 2023.

14.012 Hawthorn Tuft (Bucculatrix bechsteinella), one of four vacated mines found at North Loop, Cromwell Bottom on Sept. 22nd 2026.

14.012 Hawthorn Tuft (Bucculatrix bechsteinella) mine, details above.

14.012 Hawthorn Tuft (Bucculatrix bechsteinella) larva. Of the mines mentioned above two had larvae grazing nearby which helped me to make a confident identification.

14.012 Hawthorn Tuft (Bucculatrix bechsteinella) mine, larva and grazing signs, details above.

14.012 Hawthorn Tuft (Bucculatrix bechsteinella) larva, Sept. 19th 2026. The smaller of the two larvae mentioned above has spun a cocoonet to moult in.