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African Caper White Pupas
Belenois aurota
28.5049, 34.5108
Field Notes
Description:
From larva to pupa! Pics #1 and 2 taken around 4 pm; #3, 4, and 5 taken earlier in the day, around 6:30 am. "Five-eighths of an inch long, transparent, pale cream-colour. In front a longish tubercle directed forwards, with a black mark on each side, and a smaller one on either side of 4th segment perfectly black ; a lateral line of pale plum-colour, on which is a longitudinal line of yellow round dots, one on each segment, and a transverse row of dots on each segment ; dashed and marked with black, particularly on the abdomen. After the escape of the imago, the 5th and 6th segments of the pupa become blood-red." ~wiki
Habitat:
on a caper bush in my desert garden
Notes:
aka Brown-veined White; see the larvae, spotted 6 days before this spotting:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/23420054
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