Again, relatively modest numbers at Knepp today. Males are 'sallow searching' during the mid- to late mornings (searching the sallow thickets for females and female pupae...). Here's one from today, who paused briefly on his travels -
4 males came down to feed on the tracks today, but the tracks are very dry and there isn't much for them. This male made do with dry cowpat -
Meanwhile, Knepp's famous Tamworth pigs know how to cope with heatwave conditions -
Elsewhere, the first Emperors of 2026 were recorded in Savernake Forest today (I'm heading there tomorrow). Most of the more southern Purple counties have now declared themselves in purpuratum for the season, but not Gloucestershire. Further north, the first males were seen in Lincolnshire today.
This will be the key weekend this weekend for photographing males feeding on the ground (mornings and late afternoons are best, usually). So, to the woods, the lot of you! Enjoy...
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