This photograph of an old male on territory in the 'Dead Beech Glade' in Savernake Forest, Wilts, is probably of my last Purple Emperor of the year. You can just make out a pair of antennae and the front of the forewings -
It was taken at 2.15pm on Saturday July 11th. Time was when the Emperor season was only just beginning on that date!
All we saw during an exhaustive and exhausting search of Savernake's best territories was this and another faded male, though there must be the odd female still on the wing.
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