White Admiral larva

Tony Moore · Post by **Tony Moore** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 11:45 am

WA larva is now about 5mm and carving out a typical resting place on the main rib of a Honeysuckle leaf.

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Tony M.

Chris Jackson · Post by **Chris Jackson** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 9:00 am

Hi Tony,
For comparison, the Southern White Admiral cat (seen here in Marseilles, June 2013, also on honeysuckle) seems to have the same behaviour. I don't know whether many other species do this.

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Cheers, Chris

Tony Moore · Post by **Tony Moore** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 12:48 pm

Hi Chris,

Fascinating. Seems pretty odd, as it makes them very easy to find (for humans, that is!). Maybe the predators have more trouble

Do any other species exhibit similar behaviour, I wonder?

Tony.

Post by **Padfield** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 4:37 pm

L. populi does the same thing, I'm told, though it's a much scarcer butterfly and I haven't found a caterpillar yet. If August is as gloomy and wet as July I think I will consecrate a few days to searching for one!

Guy

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