Euphydryas editha baroni- Edith's Checkerspot -  Specimen
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Specimen

Male Dorsal
male dorsal

Female Dorsal
female dorsal


Male Ventral
male ventral


Female Ventral
female venntral

















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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