Charaxes jasius
         
Two Tailed Pasha  
Le Pacha à deux queues  
           
  
 
 
   
1] male of Charaxes jasius - Var (France) - 24/05/2015   2] same specimen as 1]  
       
       
   
3] same specimen as 1], taking salts from fox droppings   4] male - Var (France) - 18/09/2016  
       
       
   
5] male - Var (France) - 12/06/2011   6] male - Var (France) - 18/09/2016  
       
       
   
7] close-up of a freshly-laid egg on Arbutus unedo - Var (France) - 18/09/2016   8] close-up of an older egg - Var (France) - 18/09/2016
 
 
       
       
   
9]  egg, ready to hatch - Var (France) - 18/09/2016   10] same egg as 9]  
       
       
   
11] Just after hatching, the young larva eats the egg shell - Var (France) - 01/11/2013   12] other newly born larva : the egg shell will be entirely eaten - Var (France) - 23/09/2016  
       
       
   
13] young larva while eating the hostplant, Arbutus unedo  -  Var (France) - 03/11/2013  
14] other young larva - Var (France) - 02/11/2013
 
 
       
       
   
15] young larva (second stage) on Arbutus unedo  - Var (France) - 01/11/2013
 
  16] other larva (second stage) in autumn on Arbutus unedo ; caterpillars will stay on leaves throughout the winter, feeding from time to time - Var (France) - 01/11/2013  
       
       
   
17] caterpillar in spring (third stage). The larva chooses a resting leaf which will not be used as food ; most of the time it stands motionless on this support but regularly shifts to other leaves in order to eat, then gets back to the resting leaf. While shifting, the larva sticks silk on its way which is helpful to find the way back - Var (France) - 16/03/2014   18] other caterpillar (third stage) on its resting leaf. The leaf surface is covered with silk on which the larva can firmly cling despite the wind. When the larva becomes too heavy for its support, a more robust resting leaf will be searched - Var (France) - 08/03/2014

 
 
       
       
   
19] other caterpillar (fourth stage) - Var (France) - 12/04/2014   20] same larva as 19]  
       
       
   
21] caterpillar (fifth stage) - Var (France) - 26/03/2017   22] close-up of the head,  same larva as 21]  
       
       
 
23] same larva as 21] resting on its bed of silk  
   
   
 
24]  same larva as 21]  
   
   
 
25] other caterpillar - Var (France) - 12/04/2014      
       
       
   
26] caterpillar on Arbutus unedo - Var (France) - 18/07/2011   27] same specimen as 26]  
       
       
   
28] a mature caterpillar preparing to pupate ; the larva first starts to make a pad with silk at the base of a leaf - Var (France) - 14/05/2017   29] same larva as 28] ; the day after, the caterpillar hangs with its body curved and clinged to the silken pad - Var (France) - 15/05/2017  
       
       
   
30] same scene as 29]
 
  31] view of the chrysalis which originated from the caterpilar shown in 29] - Var (France) - 29/04/2017  
       
       
   
32] same chrysalis as 31] with a close-up of the hook by which the chrysalis hangs on the silken pad - Var (France) - 29/04/2017   33] other chrysalis - Var (France) - 29/04/2017
 
 
       
       
   
34] chrysalis which originated from the caterpillar from picture 25] - Var (France) - 04/05/2014   35] same chrysalis as 34]
 
 
   
       
   
36] same chrysalis as 34]   37] chrysalis on Arbutus unedo - Var (France) - 21/05/2013  
       
       
   
38] same chrysalis as 37]   39] same chrysalis as 37] on the 23rd of May, 2013.  
       
       
   
40] same chrysalis as 34], the day before the butterfly emerged - Var (France) - 20/05/2014   41] same chrysalis as 40]
 
 
       
       
   
42] butterfly freshly emerged from the chrysalis shown in 40] - Var (France) - 21/05/2014   43] same scene as 42]
 
 
       
       
     
44] same scene as 42]      
       
   
       
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