Wednesday, 17 June 2020

More bagworms........

I had a wander up Maple Dean clough yesterday on the western edge of N. Dean wood. One of the highlights was a small micro resting on a birch trunk. To the naked eye it looked like a Skin Moth type but a closer look back home revealed it to be a male Diplodoma laichartingella - the first adult bagworm I've found so far and the fourth species found locally.
There are obviously several species in Calderdale some of which are fairly widespread but they do take some finding.

3 comments:

David Sutcliffe said...

Quite a find for you there Charlie.

AndyC said...

Well done Charlie , if you put the time in you get the rewards.........now where is Psyche casta....????

charlie streets said...

Psyche casta's meant to be the easiest to find.......
I think/hope my Luffias have started to pupate, they've stopped moving anyway......