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Thursday 9 April 2020

Zelleria oleastrella

I've been going through Robin Hemming's collection of potted up micros recently from 2019. Some nice records to add to the county database and if anyone doubts the value of potting up unknowns then discovering a county first amongst them should answer the question. This one had me stumped so I had to ask other experts for their thoughts and eventually we nailed it. Only a handful of UK records and a first for Herefordshire. It was in Robins moth trap from his garden. I'll upload the dissection image for interest - it's a female. So 2019 was a slightly better year for migrants... Peter Hall
 

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