End of Life - _TNY_6136
Here's a male giant charaxes (Charaxes castor), sometimes known as the giant emperor, which wasn't doing very well when I found him on the floor at the Haga Ocean butterfly house.
This guy was reaching end-of-life and was just sitting there, and just topping over a short while later.
This isn't as sad as you would think though - the average adult lifespan of this species is around eight days(!) and the entire life cycle from egg to adult is around seven weeks.
End of Life - _TNY_6136
Here's a male giant charaxes (Charaxes castor), sometimes known as the giant emperor, which wasn't doing very well when I found him on the floor at the Haga Ocean butterfly house.
This guy was reaching end-of-life and was just sitting there, and just topping over a short while later.
This isn't as sad as you would think though - the average adult lifespan of this species is around eight days(!) and the entire life cycle from egg to adult is around seven weeks.