Food Plant: Salicornia (Glasswort)

Mine: September to October.

Notes: Larva feeds internally on seeds and fleshy spikes. A case is formed from the tip of a spike, and feeding continues for a short time on other spikes. The larva is infrequently seen, but the image here shows it establishing a feeding position at the tip of a spike.

Data: 07.x.2020, River Deben saltmarsh, East Suffolk, Vc25

Image:© Patrick Cook