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Today I watched a horse chestnut leaf miner moth, Cameraria ohridella, laying her eggs on the fresh young leaves of a horse chestnut tree. Here’s a short film that I captured. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gURZ-GsXyIY The tiny larvae will hatch in about three weeks and start to feed on the tree’s resources.  FirstContinue Reading