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mexico1970 said:
I collected conkers with my Grandson late last year and laced them all up and had a long afternoon in a kitchen in Newcastle smashing them up.

The 3'er is still in the drawer there awaiting next seasons harvest. We did it without the use of safety equipment too.
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Have you noticed anything different about conker trees recently? All the leaves going brown and manky well before autumn? They have been affected by the horse chestnut leaf miner moth: this is one of the most incredible animal stories ever.

The species was only described scientifically (in the Balkans) in 1986, which is amazingly recent. Soon after its discovery, it suddenly started to spread explosively across Europe, it only reached Britain early in the 21st century but is now one of our commonest moths with every single conker tree hosting hundreds of larvae.

Fortunately it doesn't affect the viability of the tree but you may find average conker size may be smaller than it used to be and the trees look a bit of a mess compared to how they used to be.

I hope this is a worthy addition to the conkers thread ;)
 
PaulPowerScreamer said:
Have you noticed anything different about conker trees recently? All the leaves going brown and manky well before autumn? They have been affected by the horse chestnut leaf miner moth: this is one of the most incredible animal stories ever.

The species was only described scientifically (in the Balkans) in 1986, which is amazingly recent. Soon after its discovery, it suddenly started to spread explosively across Europe, it only reached Britain early in the 21st century but is now one of our commonest moths with every single conker tree hosting hundreds of larvae.

Fortunately it doesn't affect the viability of the tree but you may find average conker size may be smaller than it used to be and the trees look a bit of a mess compared to how they used to be.

I hope this is a worthy addition to the conkers thread ;)
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You're just a fountain of knowledge mate
 
PaulPowerScreamer said:
Have you noticed anything different about conker trees recently? All the leaves going brown and manky well before autumn? They have been affected by the horse chestnut leaf miner moth: this is one of the most incredible animal stories ever.

The species was only described scientifically (in the Balkans) in 1986, which is amazingly recent. Soon after its discovery, it suddenly started to spread explosively across Europe, it only reached Britain early in the 21st century but is now one of our commonest moths with every single conker tree hosting hundreds of larvae.

Fortunately it doesn't affect the viability of the tree but you may find average conker size may be smaller than it used to be and the trees look a bit of a mess compared to how they used to be.

I hope this is a worthy addition to the conkers thread ;)
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that's very informative.

about 10yrs ago i was teaching my catalan muse how to play conkers.
after we'd finished there were 3 remaining so i planted them in a big pot.
they'd grown to be over 8ft tall before i left england and gave them to a pal who replanted them in his garden.
i had assumed the manky leaves were summat to do with the trees being restricted by being in a pot.
now i know better.
thank you.

as an aside i think moths in general are stunning.
their disguises are remarkable.
 
puss moth
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poplar hawk
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