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| Record Summary | out of season female, indoors |
| Found as | Female imago |
| Date | 27 February 2016 |
| Reared, cultured etc | (Date may be unnatural as specimen was cultured, reared, grown or otherwise kept in captivity) |
| OS grid ref | OSGR: SU00 |
| Lat/Lon | 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W |
| Vice County | Dorset, VC no: 9 |
| Country | England |
Notes:
In early 2016, we watched a tiny green stick caterpillar grow on a Scented Geranium on the south-facing bedroom window cill. This was flying around the bedroom at midnight on 27 Feb: 3 months too early!
Pupal exuvia: the anal hooks were separate and diverging when I started photography, but after the first couple of test shots (while it was still in the webbing on the leaf) the hooks got twisted together and remained so.
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