Cryptopleura ramosa

Ian Smith I have added an account of Lacuna vincta at http://www.flickr.com/photos/56388191@N08/collections/ Click links in “Similar Species” section to see those spp. as they are not in the set. I was surprised at the vivid colours of the soft parts. I think this may be due to elements in the foodplants Phycodrys rubens and/or Cryptopleura ramosa on which the summer juveniles shown were feeding. I can’t detect the bright colours on images by George Brown of more adult specimens feeding on Laminaria. But I didn’t find the bright colours on the other spp. of Lacuna I found on the same plants. The two images below are L. vincta and L. parva

Ian Smith I have added an account of Lacuna vincta at http://www.flickr.com/photos/56388191@N08/collections/ Click links in “Similar Species” section to see those spp. as they are not in the set. I was surprised at the vivid colours of the soft parts. I think this may be due to elements in the foodplants Phycodrys rubens and/or Cryptopleura ramosa on which the summer juveniles shown were feeding. I can’t detect the bright colours on images by George Brown of more adult specimens feeding on Laminaria. But I didn’t find the bright colours on the other spp. of Lacuna I found on the same plants. The images below are Lft to rt) L. pallidula, L. vincta & L. parva.