Magdalena Alpine
Erebia magdalena

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OVA PHOTOS

 New ovum
magdalena egg


Developed Ova
developed eggs


#1 First Instar hatched 14 July 2012 - oviposited 3 July 2012
First instar hatched 14 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
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