Tuesday 8 August 2017

Look for Lobesia littoralis on Thrift

I was recently sent a picture by Mike Corby of Lobesia littoralis from North Bucks.  On confirmation Mike went and looked at the Thrift plants (only a few) in his garden and found another moth on the plants.  So, if you have Thrift plants it is worth having a look for the moths and also look in the flower heads for a silk cocoon and possibly a protruding chrysalis skin were the moth has emerged.  Some times the shed chrysalis will stick out from the flower head.

3 comments:

  1. Hi Martin, does it feed on other things too as it is common here in my garden in Didcot but there is no thrift anywhere nearby that I can find.

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