Three of the 76 Purple Emperors I saw at Knepp Wildland today were (mated) females. One was laying eggs in a narrow-leaved sallow. She was then accosted by a seaching male, who she rejected by performing a tumbledown dance. Later I saw a second tumbledown, involving a mated female who was several days old (possibly a week old).
The Knepp population may actually be at peak now.
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