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That's certainly true Wurzel - I certainly haven't noticed the usual 'June gap' this year as there seems to be so much going on
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You've already seen some new and exciting species David and very nice shots you got of them too
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Early Saturday evening I decided to check out the Duke larva at Noar Hill. I have given up on the couple of eggs that I mentioned in my last update as there is still no change. Likewise, all those eggs that Mike discovered appear to have been predated as there are no signs of feeding damage nearby and with so many little mouths I would have thought this would be obvious by now. I then checked my original 6 (where I got the first shot of the larva). There was no sign of any larva but a great deal more evidence of feeding which I took as a good sign, thinking perhaps that I was just too early in the evening. Interestingly, there was an egg on the leaf where I saw the larva which wasn't there last week:
As feeding damage is becoming much more apparent now I decided to try again to locate the eggs that Andy found and sure enough there were a couple of leaves with feeding damage. When I turned over the leaf I was delighted to see this little one chomping away:
Just as I adjusted the angle of the tripod to try to get these shots, it suddenly, literally, fell into 3 bits (it has been on its way out for a while
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Whilst there I checked the Brimstones. I was initially concerned as I couldn't find any of them but all 3 have moved to new leaves and are safe and sound - for now anyway:
The camouflage is incredible!