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OVA & LARVAE ADULT EMERGING SPECIMEN
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Head Capsules from the first molt to last
Tip of abdomen
Pupa formed on 27 September 2011
28 September 2011 |
28 September 2011 |
1 October 2011  |
1 October 2011  |
Showing Development on 25 October 2011  |
Showing Development on 25 October 2011  |
Pupa 3 hours 40 minutes before adult emerged on 27 October 2011  |
Pupa 3 hours 40 minutes before adult emerged on 27 October 2011  |
| 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 The female oviposited 20 August 2011 on Phaeseolus ritensis, Ova hatched 26 August 2011. Larva fed 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. The pupa formed 27 September 2011. The adult emerged 27 October 2011. PHOTOS: 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 developing and emerging as an adult butterfly Adult: unknown Broods: Hibernation: Overwinters as a pupa Host Plants: Oviposited on Phaeseolus ritensis Reared on Phaeseolus vulgaris - garden string beans Back to Top |