Don't I know it!Chris Jackson wrote:The worst thing is 'work' getting in the way of my hobby.
At least you don't have the trauma of working Monday to Friday only to see Saturday & Sunday wiped out by atrocious weather for several weeks on end.
Don't I know it!Chris Jackson wrote:The worst thing is 'work' getting in the way of my hobby.
To be honest, Chris, I think you'll find the females far easier subjects than the males and, if Orange Tip behaviour is anything to go by, if you go looking for them on a fairly cloudy day you may be surprised at just how accommodating they can be when conditions are cool.Chris Jackson wrote:A bigger challenge will be decent photos of the female.
The caterpillar is very easy to spot on Biscutella laevigata, here are 3 (different caterpillars) from last year. Unless I'm mistaken, they should be euphenoides, the other possibility would be crameri.Matsukaze wrote: ... Are the caterpillars as easy to observe as our Orange-tip's caterpillars?
Thanks FISHiEE,FISHiEE wrote:Find the host plant. They roost on it most of the time and in my experience in the Luberon are one of the easiest butterflies to find roosting. I can find dozens of them sometimes 3 or more to a plant.
Once it's warm they are almost impossible but early or late searching the host plant they are easy