It would be a valuable record for Barry if you pop it on iRecord

It is Chris - assuming it’s in Echinops

Keep looking Ruth. Once you’ve got your eye in they are surprisingly common

My wife discovered Phytomyza bipunctata mines on Echinops in our garden this afternoon. A nationally scarce miner. The mines look messy but are very elegant if you look closely - they have long thread like frass lines within the white galleries

Look like aborted Stigmella mine Ruth. B ulmella mines are chunkier and stand out as white tick type mines

7/6 with Green-brindled Crescent NFY last night

They look ok Steve - I assume the first larva has the four spots of Parornix behind the head? Nice to see the green larvae in the other mines

Wonder if it’s a failed sawfly mine Steve / vagans or dohrnii

Thanks Lynnette - it is stunning

Look for Ectoedemia quinquella in the green islands- an autumn treat!

roborella should be around Make sure you see the larva

Looks ok for atricapitella

P acerifoliella - thry don’t read the book and can be like this rather than edge mines!

Shari’s the egg position Ruth Upper or lower leaf

It looks too long Steve See if it vacated then rephotogrsph

It’s ok Steve

If you mean the legs are concolorous you’ve found it Steve

Turn it over and look for a tiny hole in the roll of the cone. If you find it - the moth has already emerged