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MALE MALE EMERGENCE FEMALE FEMALE EMERGENCE PAIR PUPA EMERGING PUPA
Eclosed 23 and 24 of April 2009
#1 eclosed 23 April 2009
#1 First Instar on Curly Dock - Rumex crispus
#1 First Instar set to molt - 3:52 P.M. 26 April 2009
#1 Second Instar just after molt- 3:55 P.M. 26 April 2009
#1 Molted to Third Instar 2 May 2009. Photo on 4 May 2009
#1 Molted to Third Instar 2 May 2009. Photo on 4 May 2009
#1 Molted to Third Instar 2 May 2009. Photo on 6 May 2009 - 2:48 P.M.
#2 Molted to Third Instar 2 May 2009. Photo on 3 May 2009
#1 Molted to Fourth Instar 6 May 2009. Photo on 7 May 2009., 4:17 P.M.
#1 Molted to Fourth Instar 6 May 2009. Photo on 7 May 2009., 4:19 P.M.
#1 Close-up of Cervical Shield
Larva from the 2006 eggs
April 2, 2007 - Newly hatched larva
Ova
Two eggs after hibernation - March 27, 2007
August 15, 2006
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Davis 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. Larva Hatched 23 to 24 of April 2009 Formed pupa 15-17 June 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 |