Photo
Details - ©Nicky Davis
Ova collected May 27,
2006 in the Stansbury Range, Tooele
County, Utah by T. Stout.
OVA
May 28,
2006
May 29, 2006
Canon 20D, 100mm lens
plus tube
extension, 1/250, F18, ISO 200, Flash +1 1/3
First Instar
First Instar still on ova,
right after eclosure - May 29, 2006 - Canon 20D,
100mm
lens plus tube extension, 1/250, F18, ISO 200, Flash +1 1/3
First Instar -
May
30, 2006 - Canon 20D,
100mm lens plus tube
extension, 1/250, F16, ISO 200, Flash +1 1/3
Second
Instar (Photo turned 90 degrees to the left to
allow room for large photos)
1.
Second Instar just after molt
2.
Second Instar pushing old head case of plant stem - 5/16 inches long
3.
Second Instar set to molt to third instar
Canon 20D,
100mm
lens plus tube
extension, 1/250, F16, ISO 200, Flash +1 1/3
Third Instar
1.
Third Instar
Canon 20D, 100mm
lens plus tube
extension, 1/250, F16, ISO 200, Flash +1 2/3
Fourth Instar
1.
Fourth Instar
Canon 20D, 100mm
lens plus tube
extension, 1/250, F16, ISO 200, Flash +1
Fifth Instar
1. June
17, 2006
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Les and Nicky Davis located 5th
instars at Blue Canyon, Tooele County, Utah 10 July 2011 - On host
plant Artemetia dracunculus
elevation 5839 feet, N- 40.20.38.19, W- 112.36.16
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Host
Plants
For photos of host
plants, click on your choice of
Tarragon
- Artemisia dracunculus
Indian
Parsley
- Lomatium
dissectum
- There is a question whether this plant can be used to rear
the
P. machaon bairdi butterfly
Other host plants (not photographed)
Fennel
Parsley
Other Information
P. machaon bairdi has
one flight in the north of it's range and two in the
southern part of it's range. Since we are in the southern part of
it's
range, it will not require being
cooled for a few months to simulate a winter nor a simulated
spring before the pupa develops and
emerges as an
adult this year.
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