Eric Baccega / Miner with hands full of coltan metallic ore, Muhanga coltan mines, Rwanda, Africa, March 2009

Dave Bevan / Horse chestnut leaf miner (Cameraria ohridella) showing caterpillar in mine, UK

Tim Laman / Leaf miner moth traces on a leaf in the forest near Ohu village, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.

Tim Laman / Traces in leaves left by larvae of leaf miner moths. Ohu Village, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.

Jouan & Rius / Noisy miner bird (Manorina melanocephala) in tree, Queensland, Australia

Pete Oxford / Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala) portrait, Brisbane, Australia

Roger Powell / Noisy Miner {Manorina melanocephala} looking back over shoulder, Victoria, Australia

Adrian Davies / Horse Chestnut tree {Aesculus hippocastanum} leaves infested by Leaf Miner moth (Cameraria ohridella), 2006, UK

Adrian Davies / Horse Chestnut tree {Aesculus hippocastanum} leaves infested by Leaf Miner moth (Cameraria ohridella), 2006, UK

Bernard Castelein / Miner's lettuce / Winter purslane (Claytonia perfoliata) Belgium

Bernard Castelein / Miner's lettuce / Winter purslane (Claytonia perfoliata) Belgium

Adrian Davies / Horse Chestnut leaf {Aesculus hippocastanum} infected with Leaf Miner Moth (Cameraria ohridella) Surrey, UK, 2006