Sunday 21 April 2019

Museum Lifer!

Whilst setting up a trap to run overnight at the museum, this flew by. Rob Payne had a convenient lure to hand so we managed to attract it back, although it didn't land.

Only ever seen by myself as a caterpillar or a captive-bred adult before, so a wild adult lifer for me!


Dave Morris
Chalfont St Giles
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  1. Dave Wilton22 April 2019 at 13:55

    Out of interest, what sort of time was that, Dave? I've had one or two virgin female Emperors emerge from 2017 caterpillars over the past few days and had a male to one of them in the garden at just before 7pm last night, which I thought was a bit on the late side.

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  2. Dave22 April 2019 at 18:21

    It was around 5:30pm. Rob spotted the moth flying past so he got out the lure which brought it back (although it never landed). I had tried that female you gave me a couple of years back at COAM with no luck, so I am just happy that the species is present!

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