Food Plant: Ranunculus spp.(Buttercup), especially R.acris (Meadow Buttercup) and R.repens (Creeping Buttercup)

Mine: Several generations throughout the year

Notes: The frass, in the long upper-surface white corridor, look like strings of pearls. Pupation is external.

Data: 17.x.2004, Fleet, Hants, VC12

Image:© Rob Edmunds