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MALE EMERGING SPECIMEN
Hatched 16 May 2012 - First Instar photo in egg container - 7:00 A.M.
Three day old First Instar - 19 May 2012
2nd Instar - 22 May 2012
2nd Instar - 22 May 2012
2nd Instar - Photo on 25 May 2012 - 5 mm long
Third Instar - just molted - 26 May 2012 - Note feeding pattern on leaves
Third Instar - 27 May 2012 - 6 mm long
Third Instar - 27 May 2012 - 6 mm long
Third Instar - 27 May 2012 - 6 mm
Third Instar - 28 May 2012 - 8 mm
Third Instar - 28 May 2012 - 8 mm
Third Instar - 28 May 2012 - 8 mm
Fourth Instar 31 May 2012 - 1 P.M.
Fourth Instar 13 mm long - 2 June 2012
Fourth Instar 13 mm long - 2 June 2012
Fourth Instar 13 mm long - 2 June 2012
Prepupa - 9 June 2012 - 4:20 P.M.
Pupa - 10 June 2012 - 3:00 P.M.
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Davis Female ex. 8 May 2012 - Deer Creek, Four miles east of Missoula, , Missoula County , Montana, USA - Steve Kohler Elevation 3100 feet Oviposited 11 May 2012 Hatched 16 May 2012 HOST PLANT Larvae feed on Bearberry - Kinnikinnick - Arctostaphylos uva-ursi TIME SPENT AS: Ovum: Five Days - Laid 11 May 2012 Larva: Twenty-five days total as a larva - Hatched 16 May 2012 Molted to Second Instar 22 May or 6 days after hatching - 5 mm long Molted to Third Instar 26 May , 10 days after hatching 27 May the Third Instar measured 6 mm long 28 May the Third Instar measured 8 mm long 31 May molted to Fourth Instar at 1 P.M. 2 June 13 mm long Prepupa - 9 June 2012 - 4:20 P.M. Pupa - 10 June 2012 - 3 P.M. - 9 mm long Pupa: overwinter as pupa Adults: unknown BROOD OR FLIGHT: One Flight Back to Top |