Visiting a favourite little wooded valley of mine, near Llwydcoed, this afternoon, I found Milesina Sp rusts on several ferns, so anyone wanting to find rusts on ferns should take a look now, as they seem to be coming into their own at the moment. Although I have my suspicions about a couple of them, I won't know their identity for sure until I have the chance to get them under the microscope.
While there, in the warm sunshine, I saw my first Philopotamus montanus of the year. This caddis is very distinctive and is the only one I am confident enough about to record. Because it is on the wing so early and is such a beautiful thing, it is one of my favourite insects.
Nice caddis Mark. I've seen quite a few of these cream spotted beasts but I've looked through my 'anon' files and I haven't seen one of these!
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