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| Adults
Female
Eclosure
Male
Eclosure Specimen |
Oviposited
on June 25,
2008 |
About
to hatch on
June 29,
2008
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LARVAE
First Instar - 29 June 2008
Second Instar - July 06, 2008
Third Instar - July 11, 2008
Molted to Fourth Instar on May 14, 2009
Fourth Instar Photos - May 15, 2009
Fifth Instar
Molted to fifth on 18 May 2009
Photos shot on 21 May 2009
Fifth Instar Stripe variant
May 22, 2009
PUPAE
| #1 Pupa formed, photographed 24 May 2009 3/4 inch long  |
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#3 Female Pupa 8:21 A.M. 2 June 2009 30 Minutes before eclosure  |
#3 Female Pupa 8:21 A.M. 2 June 2009 30 Minutes before eclosure  |
#4 Male Pupa formed 26 May 2009 Photo 9:43 A.M. 2 June 2009  |
#4 Male Pupa 2:11 P.M. 2 June 2009 1 hour 7 minutes before eclosure  |
| Photo
Details - ©Nicky Davis Located females at Strawberry Reservoir June 24, 2008. Elevation 7709 feet Coordinates North 40.09.85, West 111.11.517 Oviposited June 25-27, 2008 some on lathyrus lanswardi but mainly Astragalus cicer. Eclosed in three to four days and were set on Astragalus cicer to feed. Although they were kept in light 24x7, they all hibernated as third instar. They were put in a refrigerator July 23, 2008 at about 40 degrees and after a couple of months were transferred to a refrigerator at 32 F.. On May 8, 2009 the third instars were taken out and placed on Astragalus cicer where they began feeding again. May 14th they molted to fourth instar. On May 18, 2009 they molted to fifth instar. Larva Photos of First through Third Instar in 2008 and the last two instars in 2009. Time spent as ovum = 4 days Larva= about twelve days in 2008 and about 18 days in 2009 Pupa = 7 - 8 days Host Plant
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