Phytomyza species is added to the County Durham Diptera list

On 15 February 2019, Jill Cunningham visited Hawthorn Dene, County Durham VC66 and found the leaf mines of Phytomyza brunnipes Brischke, 1881 on Sanicula. This is the first known record for the vice county.

Many thanks to Environmental Records Information Centre (ERIC) North East for sending in their latest dataset.

11 January 2024