Wednesday, July 1, 2026

The Purple Emperor Rescues England

Watched the first half of England v DRC. Decided the cause was lost, so went out Emperoring on bike, listening to the match on the radio.

Both England's goals were set up by the Purple Emperor butterfly. Both goals resulted from magnificent 'tumbledowns' (mated female rejecting a wont-take-no-for-an-answer male). Here's Kane's winning goal -


Interestingly, there are still a fair number of fresh-looking males around at Knepp, and males are still 'sallow searching' (for females and female pupae).  


 

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