New species to me as a spin-off from plant collecting

During October whilst on the local salt-marsh at Hollesley as part of my investigation into Eucosma tripoliana I picked a couple of rush stems to return home for identification. The rush was Juncus maritimus. I happened to leave the stems on the desk top of my insect area (I am not the tidiest of people). Yesterday I came across one of the Juncus seeds crawling up the window! A Coleophora maritimella larva. I have to apologise for the poor photography but I found it difficult when it would not keep still. Non-the-less the colouring and patterning complies with the species expected.

Coleophora maritimella

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  1. Raymond Watson says:

    Just found another one. Securely attached to the window frame. Ought to get a moth out of one of these at least. Also suggests there could be a good population down on the salt-marsh. Think I’ll leave the second one in place and make an enclosure over it.

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