5: OPOSTEGIDAE, 6: HELIOZELIDAE AND 10: TISCHERIIDAE

5.001 Sorrel Cap (Opostega salaciella) to MV light at Hollin Hall, Hardcastle Crags on July 21st 2017. The basal segments of the antennae are modified in to eye-caps so when the moth is at rest they shield the eyes. They share this feature with the Nepticulids and Bucculatricids.

6.005 Birch Cutter (Heliozela hammoniella) mine and cut-out in Downy Birch, Norland Bilberry Slopes, Oct. 8th 2017. The larva mines the petiole then in to the mid-rib and finally the leaf blade where it makes a blotch mine. It excises this mine and uses it to create a protective case before falling to the ground to pupate. It leaves behind a neat oval encompassed by a dead, brown "lasso". It was interesting to dissect the mine tracing the tunnel of frass back to the base of the petiole.

10.001 Oak Blotch-miner (Tischeria ekekebladella) mine in oak, Eaves Top wood, Nov. 23rd 2016.

10.001 Oak Blotch-miner (Tischeria ekekebladella) mine and larval chamber in oak, Norland village, Feb. 2nd 2012. Carefully peeling back the chamber wall reveals an overwintering larva.

10.001 Oak Blotch-miner (Tischeria ekekebladella) Apr. 3rd 2010. Reared from mines found in oak in North Dean wood the previous October.

10.003 Bramble Blotch-miner (Coptotriche marginea) mine in bramble, Tag meadow, Cromwell Bottom, Mar. 22nd 2018. In late winter the mines have whitened, they are typically blotch shaped with random fingers protruding in to the leaf blade. 

10.003 Bramble Blotch-miner (Coptotriche margineamine and larva (to the right hand side of the mine)  in bramble, Bankhouse wood, Feb. 7th 09. A strange experience searching for leaf mines while there's a good covering of snow on the ground.

10.003 Bramble Blotch-miner (Coptotriche marginea), May 1st 2014. Reared from a mine in Bramble found in Long wood on Mar. 14th the same year.

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