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MALE FEMALE MALE ECLOSURE FEMALE EMERGENCE PUPA SPECIMEN
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Second Instar - 5 August 2009
Third Instar - Photo on 16 August 2009
Third Instar - Photo on 16 August 2009
Fourth Instar - Photo on 21 August 2009
Fourth Instar - Photo on 21 August 2009
Fifth Instar - 25 August 2009
Fifth Instar - 31 August 2009
Fifth Instar - 31 August 2009
#4 Pre-pupa - 1 September 2009
| PHOTO DETAILS - ©Nicky Davis LOCATION: located by Jack Harry at Iqaluit, Nunavut Territory, Canada, July 2009 lat 63.76, lon -68.52 ELEVATION: 278 feet PHOTOS: Photos of Second instar through pre-pupa LIFE HISTORY: The female oviposited out 100 eggs on Alpine Astragalus. About 60 of these hatched. Of the 60 only 17 would feed on the Astragalus cicer that was available here in Utah. Two of these went straight through the first year and 15 hibernated. The ones that hibernated were still quite green when they stopped eating but three turned a yellow-green color. Ovum: Number of days as ova unknown since the ova were chilled to slow down development. These hatched 27 to 29 of July 2009. Larva: About thirty-five days for the ones that didn't hibernate Pupa: Seven to eight days Adult: Unknown Broods: One Hibernation: Overwinters as third instar Host Plant Oviposited on Alpine Astragalus, Astragalus arcticus and reared on Chickpea Milkvetch, Astragalus cicer. For photos, click on Astragalus cicer Back to Top |