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Thank you too Buggy. You help with ID's is just encouraging me, you do know that don't you
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You and me both Dave - I find the whole process fascinating and different in each case. However, patience is not one of the qualities I am known for as friends would tell you. Having said that I spent 5 hours yesterday and 3 hours today watching that pupa. The last time I did that was years ago when I desperately wanted to see a White Letter Hairstreak. I was told that they could be found at Hollingbury Park so I stood for 5 hours under the trees to the amusement of students and passers by after which time one flew down into the long grass for about 5 seconds and then flew up again. I gave up at that point! Anyway, I hope folk will humour me on this one given the time involved so it will be covered in a few posts.
I tried Pete, I really did, but that pupa did not want to be suspended. When I eventually succeeded in getting it there it continued to spin around and twitch about in a most distressed fashion. I allowed this to continue for about 20 mins but at this time it looked in danger of detaching itself from its leaf and stretching that webbing stuff. I took about 50 photos and they were all like this:
By chance I did manage to get one better shot:
In desperation I decided to revert to yesterday's strategy which was to try to prop up his leaf against a branch and secure it with moss and stones. This seemed to work better and he was much calmer resting against his leaf rather than just being suspended but it did mean that the clearance area for any emergence was a great deal less which was a bit of a worry. I continued to keep him in the shade as advised and continued to take shots at intervals:
By now this constant vigil was beginning to become wearing. I had turned down invitations and had been deprived of food and drink
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