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Butterfly Emergence    
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Pupa Development

August 8, 2006

dorsal lateral

Pupa #1
March 23, 2007

dorsal on March 23, 2007



Pupa #1
March 23, 2007
lateral on March 23, 2007



Pupa #1
7:27 P.M. March 30, 2007
dorsal



Pupa #1
7:27 P.M.March 30, 2007
lateral



Pupa #1
9:01 A.M.March 31, 2007
dorsal



Pupa #1
9:00 A.M.March 31, 2007
lateral

Butterfly from Pupa #1 emerged at 10:46 A.M. March 31, 2007

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Pupa #2
March 23, 2007
Pupa #2 Dorsal - March 23, 2007


Pupa #2
March 23, 2007

lateral view of Pupa #2 on March 23, 2007

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Larva
5th instar - Photographed by Wayne Whaley
the instar 1

5th instar 2

5th instar 3

Young instar
dorsal

lateral



Host Plant - Lomatium graveolens
King Desert Parsley - Lomatium graveolens

Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis
Pupa Development
Collected by Dale Nielson in Cache County, Utah 2006
Pupa #1 &  #2 were under winter conditions from the end of November to March 5, 2007.  On March 5, 2007, they were placed in spring conditions and spritzed at least twice daily. Pupa #1 eclosed 10:46 A.M. March 31, 2007.

Pupa #1
1., 2. Pupa August 08, 2006
3.  Dorsal view  - March 19, 2007
4.  Lateral view - March 19, 2007
5.  Dorsal view - March 23, 2007
6.  Lateral view - March 23, 2007
7.  Dorsal view - March 30, 2007
8.  Lateral view - March 30, 2007
9.  Dorsal View - March 31, 2007
10.  Lateral view - March 31, 2008

Pupa #2
1.  Dorsal - March 23, 2007
2.  Lateral - March 23, 2007

Larva
Collected by Wayne Whaley July 26, 2007, Provo Peak, Utah County, Utah
1., 2., 3. Various coloring on three 5th instars.

Collected by Todd Stout
1. dorsal - August 2, 2006
2. lateral - August 2, 2006
This larva couldn't seem to shed all it's skin during molt  and died.

Host Plant
Lomatium graveolens

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