Hi Rob @vc28nature.bsky.social is it possible to ID this untennanted Ectoedemia mine on Oak? Thank you in advance for your help.

First winter Blackcap of the year in my B74 garden just now, a female. @pmandrews1973.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social #birds

Remembering #LeonardCohen, who died on this day, 2016. ‘So come my friends, be not afraid, we are so lightly here/ It is in love that we are made, in love we disappear’ youtu.be/RvrkNkindZ0?...

The Mottled Umber is still on the patio window where it flew when I released it this morning, it’s now almost 10pm! #teammoth

Another attempt at leafmine rearing. A possible Ectoedemia quinquella (very few records in VC38)has pupated on its leaf, so into a pot it goes… #teammoth @vc28nature.bsky.social

15:6 last night, bulk of the numbers made up by LBAM & R-g Carpet. December Moth & Mottled Umber NFY, the latter a lurker by the patio window which has cheered me up no end. Also Ypsolopha ustella. #teammoth @pmandrews1973.bsky.social

The Deceiver, Laccaria laccata, growing on the verge in Blackberry Lane B74 @ecorecord.bsky.social @lukaslarge.bsky.social

Instead of a visit from Wogan, I had one from Baldrick. He left me a Turnip (and three Caddisflies turned up to have a look). #teammoth

More mines from the street trees on Blackberry Lane B74. An overlooked ornamental Beech sp. produced multiple mines of Stigmella tityrella. #teammoth

A new plant gall for me among the fallen leaves in my garden: the Poplar Spiral Gall (Pemphigas spyrothecae) caused by an aphid on Poplar trees. @galling.bsky.social #plantgalls

Only one LBAM in the trap last night, complete waste of electricity! But this smart Hairy Shieldbug on the wall was some compensation. #teammoth #shieldbugs

Shieldbug on an autumn leaf 🍁

A drake Shoveler (first since Jan 2024) was the highlight of an early morning walk at Hill Hook LNR, also 50+ Black-headed Gulls, Nuthatch, Goldfinch, Blue & Long-tailed Tits. Fewer Tufted Duck than recently. @ecorecord.bsky.social @pmandrews1973.bsky.social

The Stigmella atricapitella larva has now exited the mine & pupated on the inside of the bag I was keeping the leaf in. Not quite sure what to do with it now! #teammoth @vc28nature.bsky.social

Can’t remember if I’ve recorded 20-Plume Moth in November before; just found this one on a doorframe in the hall! #teammoth @pmandrews1973.bsky.social

Stigmella basiguttella on Oak, Clarence Rd., B74. The egg is laid on the top of the leaf, and can be seen at the beginning of the mine if you zoom in. First records from VC38 portion of SK10 since 2012. #teammoth @vc28nature.bsky.social @pmandrews1973.bsky.social

Two active Stigmella trimacullela mines in a Poplar leaf blown down in the garden yesterday. There were a couple more leaves with what looked like old mines of the same species. #teammoth

‘Feathered Thorn is a type of Highland Cow: discuss’. #teammoth

A female Tipula pagana (distinguished by her vestigial wings & accompanied by several males) was attracted to the wall near the moth trap last night. #diptera #craneflies

Working hard on my Oak leafmines, I think the first could be Stigmella roborella as larva is pale & egg on underside of leaf, ruling out S. ruficapitella. Second possibly Phyllonrycter quercifolliella, with pinkish larva? #teammoth @vc28nature.bsky.social

The soggy eggboxes were worth it for a NFY Dark Chestnut, accompanied by 2 Feathered Thorns, Red & Yellow-line Quakers and 5 R-g Carpets. #teammoth @pmandrews1973.bsky.social

A Phyllonorycter mine in a very small Oak leaf that blew into the garden. The y-shaped fork in the crease seems to suggest P. lautella, though the overall size of the mine is a bit small, no more than 10mm in length. #teammoth @vc28nature.bsky.social

Been finding quite a few green island mines on Oak recently, Stimella robustella seems the most likely candidate for most, though ObsID is convinced that the first is Ectoedemia quinquella. Any thoughts #teammoth @vc28nature.bsky.social ?

More leaves came down from the garden Poplar last night & more mines of Gypsomoma oppressana and Stigmella trimaculella were among them #teammoth

16:11 this morning with surprise NFG in the form of Ypsolopha sylvella. Otherwise the usual suspects but Chestnut was new for the autumn, and there was a nicely marked Spruce Carpet plus lots of Tipula pagana craneflies. #teammoth @pmandrews1973.bsky.social

I have now been able to identify these leafmines on my garden Lombardy Poplar as Gypsomoma oppressana, after reading comments by Ben Smart which note that the narrow mine from the midrib is distinctive of this species and not found in G. dealbana. #teammoth

Managed to find Stigmella trimaculella on a Lombardy Poplar leaf that blew down in the garden last night. NFG and for SK10 @pmandrews1973.bsky.social @sj84turner.bsky.social @vc28nature.bsky.social

Friday night’s trap delivered some nice moths: NFY Red-line Quaker, 4 Y-l Quaker including one f. obsoleta, Satellite, Silver Y, Garden Carpet & 3 MdJ which brings this year’s total to 20. #teammoth @pmandrews1973.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

Perfection #FungiFriends

Any thoughts on what moth might have made this? Two garden rose leaves spun together, with feeding signs on both. #teammoth @vc28nature.bsky.social

A respectable 21:10 last night, with Eudonia angustea NFG, good to vanquish another bogey moth. Brick was NFY and MdJ continues to turn up in numbers, 4 this time, as does Barred Sallow. #teammoth @pmandrews1973.bsky.social

Found these two hiding in the utility room, not quite sure how long they have been there! #teammoth

It’s not easy to see but I think this is a spider with its egg sac in a web on the underneath of a (cultivated) rose leaf. Any idea what species would do this? @britishspiders.bsky.social #spiders

Turns out, moths love a light drizzle! 32:18, with Satellite and Yellow-line Quaker (only my 2nd record) NFY and an unprecedented 5 Merveille de Jours. A fresh Dark Arches was unexpected. #teammoth @pmandrews1973.bsky.social

Hearing Redwings overhead tonight B74 #birds @pmandrews1973.bsky.social

My mother-in-law has told me she holds me personally responsible for the clothes moths that have attacked her jumpers…😳 #teammoth

After fearing that my Phyllonorycter pastorella mine would be unviable, look what I found this morning! Better photos to follow. #teammoth

Narrowly avoided a Wogan this morning with 4:3. 2 November Moths agg. were NFY, a Light Emerald and a tatty Lesser YU comprised the rest. #teammoth @pmandrews1973.bsky.social

A mine on Elm: Stigmella ulmivora or Stigmella lemniscella? @vc28wildlife.bsky.social

Yesterday when I released one of the Barred Sallows it made a bee line for the ivy flowers & started feeding. #teammoth

Larva of Parornix scoticella, on Rowan at Hill Hook LNR which is new for SK10. @pmandrews1973.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social #teammoth

The Isochnus mine which I collected on 5/10 has produced an adult, allowing identification as I. sequensi. There are some records of this species to N & E of me, but none from the B’ham area, though a beetle this small is easily overlooked. @vc28wildlife.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social

This Feathered Thorn has complete confidence in its camouflage as a dead leaf, it’s been sitting on the patio all day! #teammoth

A Plane tree in Shenstone (S.Staffs) absolutely covered in mines of Phyllonorycter plantani #teammoth #leafminers

The moth gods brought me a Cappuccino this morning, I thought that was nice of them ☕️ Also Feathered Thorn NFY, 3 Barred Sallow, 7 (!) R-g Carpet and the obligatory Merveille de Jour. And the dog made it through the night with no ‘accidents’. #teammoth @pmandrews1973.bsky.social

Finally took delivery of a new MV bulb today (can’t recommend the company I bought it from for speed) and so the trap is out & will hopefully lure in something good… #teammoth

Harvestman Odiellus spinosus hanging out in a flower pot with a snail and a woodlouse (not sure of their species)… #hatvestmen @britishspiders.bsky.social

Fairly lack-lustre trap 15:10, Rush Veneer was a bit of a surprise & I haven’t seen a Pale Mottled Willow since August but that was about it; a mystery Tortrix will probably turn out to be equally unexciting. #teammoth @pmandrews1973.bsky.social

This Tortrix is a bit of a puzzler: dark form of Garden Rose Tortrix perhaps or something else entirely? @mothiduk.bsky.social #teammoth

Two examples of Hawthorn berries with feeding signs of Grapholita janthinana from the garden. Apparently if kept in a pot the larva with exit in a few days… #teammoth