Two Phytobia species added to yet another vice county list On 26 December 2023, Dylan Hodgkiss recorded the medullary spots and feeding tracks of two Phytobia species; Phytobia carbonaria (Zetterstedt, 1848) and Phytobia cerasiferae (Kangas, 1955). Larval signs were found at Old Dunnings Mill, East Grinstead, East Sussex VC14, representing the first records of these […]
Phytobia species is added to yet another vice county list Nicholas Brownley has added Phytobia cerasiferae (Kangas, 1955) to the Nottinghamshire Diptera list. Nicholas found medullary spots and feeding tracks in Blackthorn on 26 December 2023, at Dukes Wood NWT, Kirklington, Nottingham VC56. Many thanks to Nicholas for getting in touch with the scheme. 26 […]
Mint miner is reported as new to South Lancashire list On 25 December 2023, Andy Donegan spotted the larval mines of Phytomyza petoei Hering, 1924 on a Mentha sp. in Liverpool, South Lancashire VC59. This observation represents the first known record of the species in the vice county. Many thanks for Andy for submitting his […]
Phytobia species is reported as new to South Hampshire list Tony Davis has recorded the first known occurrence of Phytobia cerasiferae (Kangas, 1955) in South Hampshire VC11. Tony found the larval medullary spots of this species in a Blackthorn stem on 24 December 2023. Many thanks to Tony for submitting the record. 26 December 2023
Phytobia species are added to the South Essex Diptera list Simon Wood has recorded the first known occurrence of Phytobia carbonaria (Zetterstedt, 1848) and Phytobia cerasiferae (Kangas, 1955) in South Essex VC18. Simon visited Hazeleigh Wood on 23 December 2023 and found the tell-tale larval signs in Hawthorn and Blackthorn (and also an early flowering […]
Phytobia species are reported as new to Cheshire Diptera list On 21 December 2023, Andrew Emmerson collected and examined Blackthorn stems at Poynton, Stockport, Cheshire VC58 and found the ‘pith flecks’ and feeding tracks of Phytobia cerasiferae (Kangas, 1955). This is the first known record of the species in the vice county. The following day, […]
Species is added to the Agromyzidae list for North Essex On 22 December 2023, Simon Wood found the medullary spots of Phytobia carbonaria (Zetterstedt, 1848) in a Hawthorn stem from his North Essex (VC19) garden. Simon’s observation is the first known record of the species in the vice county. Many thanks to Simon for getting […]
Nemorimyza posticata is added to the West Ross Diptera list On 24 July 2023, Nigel Voaden recorded the mine of Nemorimyza posticata (Meigen, 1830) on Solidago at Creag Dhubh, West Ross VC105. This is the first known record for the species in the vice county. Many thanks to Nigel for submitting the record. For more […]
Phytobia species found at Heathrow Airport are new to VC Adam Cheeseman examined a stem of Cherry Plum at Heathrow Airport, Middlesex VC21, on 21 December 2023, and found the ‘pith flecks’ of Phytobia cerasiferae (Kangas, 1955). Adam also recorded Phytobia carbonaria (Zetterstedt, 1848) in the stems of Hawthorn at the same location. These are the first […]
Phytobia cerasiferae is recorded for the first time in Shropshire On 21 December 2023, John Lyden found the medullary spots of Phytobia cerasiferae (Kangas, 1955) in Blackthorn stems from his orchard hedge (420m asl) in Shropshire VC40, representing the first record of this species in the vice county. Many thanks to John for submitting his […]
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