Thanks B'rex
Cheers Neil, the Garlic Mustard in our garden is doing great this year, just found another three eggs
Our final reared Purple Hairstreak commenced pupation on 3rd of May,this is it pictured just before and during pupation on 1st and 4th of May.
We now have a total of seven Purple Hairstreak pupae, which includes the two which were not refridgerated and are therefore more advanced. They took about a month from hatching to pupation and moved through their instars quite quickly.
Our Brown Hairstreaks appear to have developed at a slower rate. On the Blackthorn plant which had originally contained five larvae we suddenly found a sixth, we assume that the larva had transferred himself from one plant to the other, which was lucky as he could have gone walkabout! We now have two BH pupae, two in the process of pupation, and three on a Blackthorn plant which are now between 43 and 50 days old. We also have two larvae at 28 days old on another plant, which were found at Noar Hill at a later date. We had been keeping tags on quite a number of BH eggs on suckering Blackthorn in another location outside the reserve, including two laid together. One day we went to check on their progress and to our dismay the whole lot had been cut down. This was long after the work party clearances so we don't know who carried this out! As we began sorting through the debris, to our utter amazement we found the twin eggs, which were somehow the only survivors. They are now on a potted Blackthorn in our lean-to
- Brown Hairstreak Pupa freshly emerged
- Brown Hairstreak larva pupating
Won't be long until the Small Pearls will be at Bentley 
The PH that emerged this morning was clearly a female as she opened her wings too 
Oh well I can revel in your cracking shots