Food Plant: Echium vulgare (Viper's Bugloss)

Egg: laid amongst the flowers

Mine: August-October

Notes: Feeds on the pith within the stem and forms a tough cocoon (as shown), about twice the length of the larva, in which it overwinters. Can be common where the foodplant occurs.

Bradley No: 398

National Status: Nationally Scarce B

Data: 31.iii.2016, Betteshanger CP, East Kent, VC15

Image:© David Shenton