In this weather it will be pupating within a week. Also, my captive and N Wilts larvae have recently gone into into, or are skin changing into, the final instar now.
And the weather forecast is for another warm and dry week.
At this rate the butterfly will start to appear around June 18th, but I'll issue my final prediction for the start of the 2018 Purple Emperor season at the end of the month. Numbers could be pretty good...
Get ready to kill the fatted calf - we're going to use it as bait...
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