Thursday, July 12, 2018

OAPs Now...

Knepp's males are now OAPs, but they're still fearless and utterly amoral. Here's two from today, one getting plastered on oak sap, the other on territorial red alert -


Incredibly, we saw a freshly emerged - virgin - female, who was not spotted by two or three patrolling males, surely the last of the mighty 2018 Knepp emergence -


One or two sallows here are starting to show signs of drought.  The first leaves to yellow are the small sub-canopy sprays which the females favour for egg laying. Has anyone else noticed this?

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