Golden-Banded Skipper
Hesperiidae Pyrgines Pyrginae Autochton cellus

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Ovum
ovum


First Instar - 26 August 2011
First Instar on 26 August 2011


The larva ate away the leaf to make two slits .  Then it began silking one side of the leaf down to make a shelter
beginning to make canopy


This shows the silk threads that complete the canopy and the caterpillar enjoying its shelter
showing canopy completed


Molted toSecond Instar on 3 September 2011
2nd instar


Molted to Third Instar four P.M. 6 September 2011
I snipped the ties of its canopy so I could shoot the photos
molted to third instar


After molting to third instar
molted to third instar



Molted to Fourth Instar on 10 September 2011
4th instar


Fourth Instar on 10 September 2011
4th instar

Molted to Fifth Instar on 15 September 2011 -  Photos on the same date.
5th instar


Fifth Instar
5th Instar

Fifth Instar
fifth instar

Fifth Instar
closeup of head

Closeup of orange/yellow spots
closeup of yellow spots on cheeks


 19 September 2011 - Four days after molting to Fifth Instar
4 days after molting to 5th instar


19 September 2011 - Four days after molting to Fifth Instar

4 days after molting to 5th Instar


24 September 2011 -  Checking out a new host plant leaves on night before walking off plant
Night before walking off plant


Head Capsules from the first molt to last
head capsules


Tip of abdomen
tip of abdomen

Pupa formed on 27 September 2011
28 September 2011
pupa
28 September 2011
pupa

1 October 2011
pupa

1 October 2011
pupa

Showing Development on
25 October 2011
showing development on 25 October 2011

Showing Development on
25 October 2011
pupa showing development 25 October 2011

Pupa  3 hours 40 minutes before adult emerged on
27 October 2011
3 hours 40 minutes before adult emerged

Pupa  3 hours 40 minutes before adult emerged on
27 October 2011
3 hours 40 minutes before adult emerged


PHOTO DETAILS - ©Nicky Davis
LOCATION: Doug Mullins located female 19 August 2011 in Madera Canyon, .25 miles South of the Pima County line in Santa Cruz County, Arizona.
GPS:  unk
ELEVATION: unk
Oviposited 20 August 2011 on Phaeseolus ritensis, Ova started hatching 26 August 2011. Larva fed on Phaeseolus vulgaris for 30 days.  It walked off its plant 25 September 2011 and made a nest in some paper toweling used as an understory in the container.  Pupa was formed  on 27 September 2011.  Adult emerged 27 October 2011

PHOTOS:
Ova photos and larvae first through fifth instar photos
and Photos of the head capsules  and pupa development

LIFE HISTORY:
Ovum: about 6 days
Larva: about 30 days - It was about 35 mm maximum length
Pupa:  This one was a pupa for 29 days 15 hours before completing developed and the adult butterfly emerged
Adult:  unknown
Broods:  unknown
Hibernation:  Overwinters as a  pupa
Host Plants: Oviposited on Phaeseolus ritensis
Reared on Phaeseolus vulgaris,
Garden string beans


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