Country Tracks 23/10/11: Horse-Chestnut Leaf-miner

[Pawpawsaurus]

Yesterday's Country Tracks came from Surrey, and included an item from the plant pathology lab at RHS Wisley.

After a discussion of fungal disease in Box, Ellie Harrison (fans please note) was taken to the entomology department, where she was told about the 2002 discovery in the UK of the Horse-Chestnut Leaf-miner (Cameraria ohridella), and shown specimens of the adult moth. "It's really small."

The programme will be repeated on BBC 1 at 02:05 on Thursday 27/10, and can be watched for the next week here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b016ls3f#synopsis
The Wisley item begins around 23:30, and the Leaf-miner at 27:30.

Paul

[Susie]

Just caught up with country tracks and countryfile. Interesting little piece.

I thought the article about the Knepp Castle Estate in the other programme was fascinating.