Some excellent photos of the early stages on this German site.
http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Apatura_Iris
I note that it suggests the adults can be attracted with cheese! I assume they mean the runny German stuff and not a slice of healthy cheddar. Anyone tried it?
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yes, when we lived in Switzerland I tried it; a particularly smelly Austrian runny cheese was recommended called Limburger [see my blog for picture]: it did not work for me, even though the smell was horrendous!
Dennis,
Considering the work reported in the link (below), I am most surprised that this cheese did in fact NOT work? Considering the details reported within this article, I would (from a purely text book approach), recommend trying it!
Do you perhaps remember who recommended this bait to you and also the age/type of Limburger you tried? Grey-White, Red or Yellow-Green? I appreciate this may now have been a few years ago, but would appreciate any new additional details that you might be able to remember.
http://edepot.wur.nl/191757
Regards,
Mark
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