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OVA & LARVAE PUPA ADULT EMERGING
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Female Dorsal
Female Ventral
| PHOTO DETAILS - ©Nicky Davis LOCATION: Doug Mullins located the female 19 August 2011 in Madera Canyon, .25 miles South of the Pima County line in Santa Cruz County, Arizona. GPS: unk ELEVATION: unk Female oviposited 20 August 2011 on Phaeseolus ritensis, Ova hatched 26 August 2011. Larva fed for 30 days on Phaeseolus vulgaris. 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. PHOTOS: Photos of female Cellus pinned by Jacque Wolfe 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 |