Purple Emperor larvae continue to develop slowly, held up by cold weather and now, by rain (which is probably a greater hindrance to them).
At present, early larvae have just entered the 4th instar (L4) and the majority are skin changing, or about to. This means that they are not yet that far behind the modern norm, but a wet May (which seems likely) will delay them significantly.
Rather chuffed to witness a skin change yesterday, and manage to photograph it (note the wobbly horns) -
Unfortunately, I lost a few wild larvae during April (and early May) to predation. This is annoying as my winter larval survival rate was 60-65% (depending on whether I refind one missing 'pillar), which is the best I've recorded from a decent sample size. This suggests that 2021 could yet see a good emergence - but a great deal depends on June weather...
Watch this space, and enjoy the Painted Ladies, which have just arrived...
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