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Makes Ghost Trees - _TNY_7745

This small and white moth with rows of black spots is a bird-cherry ermine (Yponomeuta evonymella). It's day active and this onbe has landed on one of the flowers of the great burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis).

 

As the name suggests, the host plant of this one is the bird-cherry (Prunus padus) and the larvae make a collective web which can cover entire trees, which sometimes then are referred to as ghost trees.

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Uploaded on August 24, 2020
Taken on August 14, 2020