Common Ringlet
Coenonympha tullia ampelos
Immatures
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   ADULT     ECLOSURE

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Ova
On date oviposited
Ova on same day as oviposited
 On date larva eclosed
just hours before eclosure


First Instar on September 03, 2006
First instar on day of eclosure


Larva on September  20, 2006
Larva on September 20, 2006



Larva on October 10, 2006
lateral

dorsal



Larva on October 20, 2006
Larva head on October 20, 2006

Larva head

defense position?

In this photo I saw why it was displaying this odd head swinging behavior. It was breaking free of this small fiber
Pre-Pupa
November 04, 2006
November 04, 2006



November 5, 2006
Pupa on November 5, 2006

November 14, 2006
Pupa on November 14th


November 17, 2006 -  9:34 A.M.
pupa development at 9:34 A.M. November 17, 2006		 November 17, 2006 -  9:39 A.M.
Pupa development, November 17, 2006, 9:39 A.M.


November 17, 2006 - 11:21 A.M.
development November 17, 2006 at 11:21 A.M.
November 17, 2006 - 11:23 A.M.
November 17, 2006 - 11:23 A.M.


November 17, 2006 -  11:41 A.M.

 pupa 11:41 A.M. November 17, 2006
November 17, 2006 - 12:08 P.M.
About an hour and a half  before eclosure
pupa at 12:09 P.M. November 17, 2006


Photos  ©Nicky Davis

Ova
1. Ova on date oviposited
2. Ova showing development

Larva
First instar on the day it eclosed - September 3, 2006
Lateral - September 20, 2006
Lateral - October 10, 2006
Dorsal - October 10, 2006
Head - October 20, 2006
Head - October 20, 2006
Head - October 20, 2006
Head - October 20, 2006
Lateral - October 23, 2006

Pre-Pupa
November 04, 2006

Pupa formed November 04, 2006 - Butterfly emerged  1:22 P.M.
November 05, 2006
November 14, 2006
left - November 17, 2006 -  9:34 A.M.
right - November 17, 2006 -  9:39 A.M.
left - November 17, 2006
right - November 17, 2006
left - November 17, 2006 - 11:41 A.M.

Host Plant
Grasses
 
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