Sadly, and annoyingly, Storm Bert (what a horrid name!) hastened the end of the 2024 Dangle Leaf season.
I found this larva by Dangle Leaf on Thurs Nov 29th - a lone spinning leaf, which had fallen off by the following afternoon -
In Savernake, the storm blew the foliage off nearly all of the 'late leaf fall' sallows, and removed any dangles those sallows might have held.
All larvae are now firmly in hibernation.
The good news is that woodland titmice populations seem very low indeed, with no rampaging flocks. We'll find out for sure when the Great Tits start setting up territory in the New Year... Titmice are serial predators of hibernating Emperor larvae...
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