Bindweed Sleeper (Bedellia somnulentella)

 

Two tenanted mines were found at the Cromwell Bottom open day on Aug. 1st. It's usually next to impossible to find these but every so often they can appear in large numbers.

One of the larvae was pre-pupal and duly pupated the following day. They have a distinctive, beaked profile.

Amazingly the adult emerged after just six days. Pupal stages for moths don't come much shorter than that!

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Aug. 4th: Ni Moth   (73a)
Aug. 4th: Maiden's Blush   (70a)
Aug. 4th: Dewick's Plusia   (73a)
Aug. 4th: Mompha propinquella   (40)
Aug. 4th: Aspila lobarzewskii   (49g)
Aug. 3rd: Bedellia somnulentella - mines, adult etc.   (24)
July 28th: Maple Pug   (70d)
July 28th: Oak Hook-tip   (65)
July 17th: Blastobasis vittata   (41)
July 17th: July Highflier   (70b)
July 17th: Agonopterix nervosa   (32)
July 11th: Rivulet   (70c)
July 11th: Cnephasia conspersana   (49b)
July 11th: Plain Pug   (70d)
June 27th: Bryotropha politella   (35)
June 27th: Dioryctria abietella    (62)
June 27th: Zeiraphera griseana   (49e)
June 26th: Dichrorampha alpinana   (49f)
June 26th: Gothic   (73i)
June 24th: Calamotropha paludella   (63a) 
June 24th: Dichrorampha alpestrana
June 24th: Barred Yellow   (70b)
June 24th: Argyresthia glaucinella   (20)
June 23rd: Carpatolechia proximella   (35)
June 23rd: Swammerdamia caesiella   (16)
June 21st: Small Clouded Brindle   (73c)   
June 21st: Triaxomera parasitella   (12)
June 19th: Yarrow Plume   (45)
June 17th: Burnished Brass f. aurea  (73a)
June 17th: Coleophora alticolella    (37b)
June 15th: Stigmella svenssoni    (4c)
June 15th: Miller   (73a)
May 29th: Argyresthia albistria   (20)
May 29th: Coleophora paripennella   (37b)
May 27th: Red Twin-spot Carpet    (70a)
May 27th: Green Silver-lines   (74)
May 27th: Coleophora albicosta    (37b)
May 27th: Scorched Wing    (70e)
May 26th: Gem   (70a)
May 25th: Caloptilia robustella   (15a)
May 24th: Prolita sexpunctella   (35)
May 24th: Light Knotgrass   (73a)
May 24th: Northern Eggar- larva   (66)
May 22nd: Mompha langiella   (40)
May 2nd: Syndemis musculana   (49a)
Apr. 28th: Carnation Tortrix  (NO PHOTO)
Apr. 24th: Pammene argyrana    (49g)
Apr. 17th: Tawny Pinion   (73e)
Apr. 17th: Elachista rufocinerea (38)
Apr. 17th: Eriocrania sparrmannella   (2)
Apr. 17th: May Highflyer   (70b)
Apr. 17th: Coleophora paripennella - mines + case   (37b)
Apr. 9th: Autumn Green Carpet   (70b)
Mar. 26th: Argyresthia albistria - larva   (20)
Mar. 9th: Acleris cristana   (49b)
Mar. 9th: Satellite - orange form   (73e)
Mar. 8th: Acleris ferrugana   (49b) 
Mar. 8th: Agonopterix alstromeriana   (32)
Mar. 8th: Oak Beauty   (70e)
Mar. 4th: Ling Pug - recently split from Wormwood    (70d)
Jan. 15th: Coleophora artemisicolella - feeding signs   (37b)
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