De rerum: an acknowlegement and explanation.
INDEX: Linnaean

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Telchinia esebria (I)




The Dusky Acraea, a common garden butterfly.
At top, the larger of the two mating would be the female.
Next a female ovipositing on the under surface of a stinging nettle leaf, the Urticaceae providing its foodplant.
A month later these eggs had hatched and the larvae well on their way.
(see also genus Telchinia., and  T.esebria - forms)    
    

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