Purple Hairstreak Larvae
Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2021 3:18 am
Favonius quercus( Purple Hairstreak species) spent most of it's life cycle as an egg.
Apparently eggs survived autumn leaf fall by being laid on a bud in mid-summer.
In a winter storm, where twigs became detached, was there any possibility of larval survival in the old leaf flitter (might not be litter) on or near a woodland ground, other than by human collection?
Larval camouflage might not have been a problem.
#FavoniusQuercus (facebook hashtag).
Apparently eggs survived autumn leaf fall by being laid on a bud in mid-summer.
In a winter storm, where twigs became detached, was there any possibility of larval survival in the old leaf flitter (might not be litter) on or near a woodland ground, other than by human collection?
Larval camouflage might not have been a problem.
#FavoniusQuercus (facebook hashtag).