1. She's watching, but we can sneak out

2 Brimstone butterfly pupa ready to eclose (hatch, emerge). For years I've watched carefully waiting to see the first sign, a slight lifting of the flap below the dark patch above the red line.
At the tail you can see the final moulted caterpillar skin.
Oh well, 7 more pupae left, maybe one will oblige this year.
To be continued.
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[Thom Mitchell]

If you say so! I can't really tell what anything is yet, so I'm interested to see the progression!

[bkb in the city]

Great capture