...SPBF ovum
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Tony Moore
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SPBF ovum
After several very frustrating hours , I finally found an SPBF depositing an egg instead of just pretending to.. ...
Tony M.
...Tony M.
Re: SPBF ovum
Nice picture ! Do you have a picture of the context also and of the butterfly in the process of laying?
Sylvie
Sylvie
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Tony Moore
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Re: SPBF ovum
Hi Sylvie,
When looking for laying females, I can't cope with a camera as well
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This egg was found in the Sherbrook Valley on Cannock Chase after watching several females crawling around in the grass and dead Bracken near to flushes of Marsh Violets. I saw several curved abdomens (abdomina? - abominable...), but no eggs ( I think they were just pushed out into the surrounding vegetation, where they immediately vanished. Eventually' I saw one actually deposit an ovum on a piece of dead grass. The picture was photostacked at home and the egg returned to the site the following day.
Tony M.
When looking for laying females, I can't cope with a camera as well
.This egg was found in the Sherbrook Valley on Cannock Chase after watching several females crawling around in the grass and dead Bracken near to flushes of Marsh Violets. I saw several curved abdomens (abdomina? - abominable...), but no eggs ( I think they were just pushed out into the surrounding vegetation, where they immediately vanished. Eventually' I saw one actually deposit an ovum on a piece of dead grass. The picture was photostacked at home and the egg returned to the site the following day.
Tony M.