Euphydryas editha baroni- Edith's Checkerspot - Female Emerging
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IMMATURES    MALE EMERGING     SPECIMEN

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Female Emerging
female emerging


Female Emerging
female emerging


Closeup of Tip of Abdomen
end of abdomen


Inflating Wings
inflating wings


Inflating Wings
inflating wings


Inflating Wings
Inflating Wings


Inflating Wings
Inflating Wings


Drying Wings
Drying Wings




PHOTO DETAILS - ©Nicky Davis
LOCATION: Ken Hansen located female 19 June 2011 on host Castilleja sp., 14.3 miles North of Junction of Highway 20 and Highway 1, Mendocino County, California. 

Type locality

GPS: Unknown
ELEVATION: unknown
PHOTOS:
Third Instar -  5 May 2012
Fourth Instar - Lateral and dorsal on 13 May 2012


LIFE HISTORY:
Ovum:  Unknown
Larva: 
Spent twenty-two days after hibernation as larvae. Overwintered as third instars.  Took out of hibernation 5 May 2012 - Reared using only 10-11 hours of light and kept as cool as possible (60 degrees in my basement at night for 13-14 hours) to try to keep them from rediapausing
Molted to Fourth Instar on 13 May 2012
Molted to Fifth Instar on 17 May 2012 ?
Pupa:
Nine days as pupa -  #1 formed pupa 27 May 2012 and adult emerged 5 June 2012
Adult:  unknown
Broods: one
Hibernation:  Overwinter as  larvae

Host Plant - 
Used  Penstemon cyananthus   to rear larvae


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