Buttercup leaf miner is reported as new to Bedfordshire list

On 19 June 2024, Andy & Melissa Banthorpe visited Sharpenhoe Clappers NR, Bedfordshire VC30 and found the mine of Phytomyza stolonigena Hering, 1949 on Buttercup. This is the first record of the species in the vice county.

Many thanks to Andy and Melissa for submitting their record.

20 June 2024