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click on the thumbnail for viewing the story | LIFE CYCLE | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/f/fle/fleches_bas_gif.gif) | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/i/img/IMG_6450_FW.jpg) | << That male which did nothing but stamp on his partner's wing... | | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/i/img/IMG_8906_FW.jpg) | << The great escape after a 9-month solitary confinement |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/i/img/IMG_9736_FW.jpg) | << A romantic and delicate courtship | | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/i/img/IMG_4721_FW.jpg) | << Invaders will come back... |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/i/img/IMG_9462-2-_FW.jpg) | << Piles of eggs laid with care... | | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/i/img/IMG_9466_FW.jpg) | << Laying process in progress |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/i/img/IMG_3567small.jpg) | << Catch the moment... before it flies away | | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/i/img/IMG_4674_FW.JPG) | << Metamorphose |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/p/pay/Paysandisia_200px.JPG) | << That bloody Palm borer moth | | | | |
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| PREDATORS & NATURAL ENEMIES | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/i/img/IMG_0921_FW.jpg) | << A caterpillar which gave rise to wasps... | | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/p/pre/predateur_FW.jpg) | << A rapid kidnapper |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/i/img/IMG_0572_FW.jpg) | << A pupa which gave rise to flies... | | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/i/img/IMG_4310_FW.jpg) | << The dangerous flower... |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/i/img/IMG_9459_FW.jpg) | << A pupa which gave rise to wasps... | | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/i/img/IMG_0052_FW.jpg) | << Alien inside... |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/i/img/IMG_8861_FW.jpg) | << An overcrowded caterpillar | | | | |
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| BIOLOGY & NATURAL BEHAVIOURS | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/i/img/IMG_0630_FW.jpg) | << A caterpillar which attracts ants | | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/i/img/IMG_9928_FW.jpg) | << Do not disturb... |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mac/Mac_arion_Dordogne_FW.jpg) | << Waiting for the water to vanish... | | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/i/img/IMG_4256_FW.jpg) | << What is all that mess about ? |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/i/img/IMG_1554_FW.jpg) | << Who is eating my flowers in the garden ? | | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/i/img/IMG_0047_FW.jpg) | << An Emperor lying on a silken sheet |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/i/img/IMG_0308_FW.jpg) | << What happened to the caterpillar ? | | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/i/img/IMG_5178_aousep2008.jpg) | << You will go away ! |
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