Orange Tip Progress IV

Having spent yesterday wandering around inspecting the various twigs/stems I had provided, the larva decided on this one on which to continue its life as a pupa.

First thing this morning:





Note the pad at the bottom end & the sling around the stem & its girth, both made of silk it has spun to support it. This will remain for all of its life until the adult butterfly emerges.

I think there's a new texture in the area behind its head, possibly indicative of the start of the metamorphosis within.......?

To be continued.

Thanks for looking,

Roger.

Beautiful photograph of an amazing creature.

Will you be doing macro NMR scans to record the transformations inside the pupa?

Steve

Fantastic! Thanks once again Roger!

Wow, Steve! That really would be something now, wouldn't it?!!!!!

My pleasure, Andy!

Roger.

Keeping us in suspense. Do you do time lapse by any chance ?

Yet another corker, Mr Coker

What are you hoping for - a boy or a girl

Too early to solicit suggestions for names?

Jon

'Fraid not, Barrie.

Did one once, of some roofing work being done on our Church. All it did was tie-up my (only!) camera for days & put millions on the shutter count!
The result was decidedly under-whelming........

Roger.

Sorry, Jon, but I'm too busy boiling kettles, tearing up sheets & walking up & down the hallway chain-smoking to think of such things.

But don't let me stop you (all)!

One boy's & one girl's from everyone then..........

Roger.

Well, if it were left to me I would name them Chris or Alice. Names that when concatenated conveniently create a homophone for chrysalis

Shame, then, that this time round you only had the one larva.

Jon

If there had been three more, they could have been Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice.......

Good night.

Roger.

OK, after long and careful consideration ... Pippa pupa if it's a girl, Peter pupa if it's a boy.

Steve

......picked a peck of pickled.....




Oh no, don't worry, I'm going!

Roger.