Horse Chestnut with leaf miner damage
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Horse Chestnut with leaf miner damage by David Hawgood as part of the Geograph project.
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Horse Chestnut with leaf miner damage
Image: © David Hawgood Taken: 30 Aug 2008
Larvae of the Cameraria ohridella moth burrow within the leaf - there can be hundreds in one leaf. The leaves fall early. The tree produces leaves as normal next spring, and it appears that the tree can survive, though the leaves are unsightly. See forest research website http://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/leafminer .
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Image Location
Latitude
51.684439
Longitude
-0.950386