Re: Padfield
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 9:23 pm
Try this one Buggy - Kisāgotamī yesterday:bugboy wrote:It will never cease to amaze me how well camouflaged these wonderful critters are
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/images2016/iriscatkisagotami1june2016a.jpg)
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
Sorry about the weather, Mike. Yes, my friend was very pleased, and amazed.
It wouldn't surprise me if chequered skippers showed clinal variation, Pete - but I'm not sure how reliable the colours are in photos. I actually toned that one down a little but the greens still look strong so perhaps I should have toned it down more. If I am photographing in dull light, with the white balance set for shade, I often end up with over-saturated pictures when the sun comes out and I forget to change it.
I expected Kisāgotamī to head off for pupation next week but she seems to have left in search of a site already. Not only was her leaf from yesterday (and the previous two days) empty, she had completely stripped the neighbouring leaf - something they normally do just before pupation. Here are the same leaves as in the above photo, but without Kisāgotamī. Her resting leaf is standing upright without her weight to pull it down:
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/images2016/kisagotamileaves2jun2016a.jpg)
Elsewhere in the woods I saw my first white admiral cat for a long time - they did not enjoy the warm winter and cold spring. He looks pretty miserable today, understandably, given the weather, but at least he is alive:
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/images2016/camillacat2jun2016a.jpg)
He's still pretty small - certainly not final instar yet.
This small tortoiseshell cat looks strangely fat and awkward. He was either foaming at the mouth or grazing on foam from something else. I have a suspicion he has been invaded by the body snatchers.
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/images2016/urticaecat2jun2016a.jpg)
I hope I'm wrong.
Finally, some more little people - in this case, little men:
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/images2016/manorchid2jun2016c.jpg)
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/images2016/manorchid2jun2016a.jpg)
What gay fellows they look!
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/images2016/manorchid2jun2016b.jpg)
Guy