Cocoon of Horse Chestnut leaf-miner
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Cocoon of Horse Chestnut leaf-miner
Image: © M J Richardson Taken: 21 Sep 2017
Seen when the lower epidermis of a mined leaf is peeled off; the remains of the larval skin are also there. The disc is about 5mm diameter.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.162699
Longitude
-0.474401