Variable Checkerspot ssp. maria -Euphydryas anicia maria - Larva
Home    -      Butterflies    -   Swallowtails     -   Whites and Sulphurs    -  Coppers, Hairstreaks, Blues & Metalmarks    -     Brushfoots     -     Skippers
Photo & Other  Details       Characteristics & Utah Range Map


Scroll down for all photos of LARVA
For other photos, click on your choice of

ADULT      PUPA     #1 BUTTERFLY   EMERGENCE     #4 BUTTERFLY  EMERGENCE


___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

#3 Fifth Instar located 5 June 2009


#3  Fifth Instar on 5 June 2009


#3 Fifth Instar on 5 June 2009


#3 Fifth Instar on 8 June 2009


#3 Fifth Instar on 9 June 2009


#3 Fifth Instar on 9 June 2009


#5 Fifth Instar on 9 June 2009


#5 Fifth Instar on 9 June 2009




PHOTO DETAILS - ©Nicky Davis
LOCATION: Mineral Fork Trail, Big Cottonwood, Salt lake County, Utah
GPS:  40.38.08.15 N.,  111.46.70 W.
ELEVATION: 6774 feet

PHOTOS:
Photos of fifth instars.  The larvae that stopped feeding and were apparently back in diapause were taken back to the Mineral Fork Trail and placed on the penstemon.

#3 larva formed "J"  pending pupation on 7 June, 2009.

LIFE HISTORY:
Ovum: 
Larva:
Pupa: 9 Days
Adult:  unknown
Broods: one
Hibernation:  Overwinters as  larva

Host Plant
Wasatch Beardtongue - Penstemon cyananthus

Habitat
Mineral Fork Trail


Back to Top