Close up of a Common Alder leaf which is losing its chlorophyll and starting to decay.

Close up of a Common Alder leaf which is losing its chlorophyll and starting to decay. It has a hole in it where it has been eaten by an insect.

Close up of a Common Alder leaf which is losing its chlorophyll and starting to decay.

Close up of a Common Alder leaf which is losing its chlorophyll and starting to decay.

New work from my Master’s research project, ‘The Alder’.

The Common Alder is home to a huge number of invertebrate species, including beetles, sawflies, leaf miners and at least 50 moths. Some of these species can be seen in the feeding signs on leaves.

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