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#2 Male emerged 30 May 2009 - offspring of Female from Guardsman Pass, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah , 2008
#2 Male emerged 30 May 2009 - offspring of Female from Guardsman Pass, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah , 2008
#19 Male emerged 1 June 2009 - offspring of Female from Guardsman Pass, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah , 2008
Guardsman Pass, August 2, 2006
Guardsman Pass, August 2, 2006
Guardsman Pass, August 2, 2006
Guardsman Pass, August 2, 2006
Guardsman Pass, August 2, 2006
Guardsman Pass, August 2, 2006
Guardsman Pass, August 15, 2008
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Davis Male offspring of the Female from Guardsman Pass, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah , August of 2008. GPS: N. 40.36.567, W. 111.33.992 Elevation: 9152 Feet The eggs produced by this female in 2008 overwintered in a refrigerator where they were brought down to freezing temperatures and kept in containers that were punctured all over and kept with another container full of water for hydration. Finally, after three tries, I was able to get the eggs to hatch 23 and 24 April 2009. ____________________________________________________________________________ Female from Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah, August 09, 2006 Larva 1. 2006 -Newly hatched larva on Curly Dock - Rumex crispus Ova 1. March 27, 2007 2. August 15, 2006 Life History Ova: overwinters as egg Larvae: 22 to 25 days Pupae: 14 to 15 days Host Plant : Curly Dock - Rumex Crispus Back to Top Back to Top |