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chrysalis?
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 1:15 pm
by Wattsy
any ideas what this chrysalis could be?
cheers
Matt
Re: chrysalis?
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 3:03 pm
by Pete Eeles
Looks like Small Tortoiseshell to me. Whether it's alive or not is something else!
Cheers,
- Pete
Re: chrysalis?
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 7:07 pm
by David M
Is it normal for them to suspend themselves from rocks?
Re: chrysalis?
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 5:50 am
by IAC
Hi,
Small Tortoiseshell will, as I have seen, use anything to suspend themselves from.....anywhere will do, when little is available. I am currently working in a large grain drier on a farm in the Scottish Borders. There is a small nettle patch that was full of Small T Shell Cats in August. Those Cats scuttled of to pupate on walls, sheds and water tanks as well as inside the grain drier building itself!! They are all very much alive and kicking...and should emerge over the next few days.
Iain.