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SPBF ovum
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 2:04 pm
by Tony Moore
After several very frustrating hours , I finally found an SPBF depositing an egg instead of just pretending to..
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Tony M.
Re: SPBF ovum
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 1:01 pm
by Sylvie_h
Nice picture ! Do you have a picture of the context also and of the butterfly in the process of laying?
Sylvie
Re: SPBF ovum
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 9:42 pm
by Tony Moore
Hi Sylvie,
When looking for laying females, I can't cope with a camera as well
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This egg was found in the Sherbrook Valley on Cannock Chase after watching several females crawling around in the grass and dead Bracken near to flushes of Marsh Violets. I saw several curved abdomens (abdomina? - abominable...), but no eggs ( I think they were just pushed out into the surrounding vegetation, where they immediately vanished. Eventually' I saw one actually deposit an ovum on a piece of dead grass. The picture was photostacked at home and the egg returned to the site the following day.
Tony M.