Yesterday evening (17th August) at about 19:30 my first Peacock caterpillar started hanging in the "J" postion, ready to become a pupa.
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| This was taken the next morning just 3/4 hours before the change began |
By 13:00 today he started changing but I just missed the beginning and then because he was moving about so much the camera lost it's focus so here are some screen shots from the video I managed to capture:
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| Most of the pupa is visible and the old caterpillar skin is still attached |
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| One minute later and the pupa is wriggling to free the skin which is only just on the pupa now |
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| 15 seconds later the pupa is moving violently and the skin is ready to fall off |
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