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OVA PHOTOS
New ovum
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#1 First Instar hatched 14 July 2012 - oviposited 3 July 2012
| PHOTO DETAILS - ©Nicky Davis LOCATION: located females at Leidy Peak, Uintah County, Utah, 2 July 2012 - Todd Stout 40°46'12.87"N 109°49'49.36"W. ELEVATION: 11,600 feet, 3536 meters PHOTOS: Females laid eggs in the afternoon under lamp light inside a small container lined with paper and a lid with chiffon with a strip of brown paper toweling across one edge. I put a few blades of Kentucky Blue Grass in the bottom of the container. LIFE HISTORY: Ovum: Oviposited 3rd, 4th, 5th of July 2012 Larva: #1 hatched 14 July 2012 -11 days Pupa: Adult: Broods: Hibernation: Overwinters as HOST PLANT : Larvae accepted Poa pratensis - Blue Grass but didn't thrive. After a while they just wouldn't eat but they didn't hibernate. I found out that the native grass used that is at Murdock Mountain where Magdalena flies in Utah is probably Festuca brachyphylla per Dale Nielson. HABITAT: Murdock Mountain Back to Top |