Sagebrush Checkerspot - Chlosyne acastus acastus - Larva & Pupa
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Adult Male     Specimen
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Fifth Instar
5th instar

Fifth Instar
5th instar

Fifth Instar
5th instar


Third Instar just out of hibernation from 2010
3rd instar out of hibernation from 2010

Pupa photos
pupa pupa




PHOTO DETAILS - ©Nicky Davis
LOCATION: Female located in Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah,  6 June 2010, Jacque Wolfe
GPS: Unknown
ELEVATION: 5900 feet
PHOTOS: N Davis



LIFE HISTORY:
Ovum:
unknown
Larva:  unknown
Pupa:  unknown
Adult:  unknown
Broods: one
Hibernation:  Overwinter as  larva, usually third instar

Host Plant - click below for photos
reared on  Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus


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