P. oleae - pupa and cocoon
P. oleae - reared ex mine on Olive, VC63, emerged 27.iv.2012
Showing posts with label Prays oleae. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Prays oleae. Show all posts
Friday, 27 April 2012
Adventives are real moths too...discuss
In an update to my preceding post, I have now successfully reared one of the Prays oleae larvae found in mines at Wentworth Garden Centre, South Yorkshire through to adulthood.
P. oleae - pupa and cocoon
P. oleae - reared ex mine on Olive, VC63, emerged 27.iv.2012
P. oleae - pupa and cocoon
P. oleae - reared ex mine on Olive, VC63, emerged 27.iv.2012
Sunday, 15 April 2012
Struck gold at the mine....
A brand new species for me this week, albeit very far from Kent.
Found lots of mines of the adventive, olive-feeding species Prays oleae at a garden centre in South Yorkshire. Which is very fitting as this species was first reported in the UK from a garden centre in Surrey in 2009: garden centres are of course where it is easiest to find olive trees in the UK!
Very pleased to add this to the list.
Dave
Found lots of mines of the adventive, olive-feeding species Prays oleae at a garden centre in South Yorkshire. Which is very fitting as this species was first reported in the UK from a garden centre in Surrey in 2009: garden centres are of course where it is easiest to find olive trees in the UK!
Very pleased to add this to the list.
Dave
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