I don't believe that any dangles would have survived Storm Darragh, which rampaged for three full days over the entire Empire, and beyond (except possibly in the deepest and most sheltered E-W valleys and along E-W rides through dense thicket stage conifer plantations, feel free to prove me wrong).
If so, then the last dangle + caterpillar was found by Mark Tutton in Alice Holt Forest on Mon Dec 2nd (having survived Storm Bert).
Incredibly, it appears than only ten people have found Emperor larvae by the Dangle Leaf method in the UK. Book yourself in for the 2025 Dangle Leaf season, and join the club. It works!
With Emperors, when one party ends another starts, so welcome to the Bud Scanning season: on a bright day, scan buds and nearby forks (working with the sun, not into it) through binoculars. This lovely 'pillar was found last week by Bud Scanning.
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