#8 Female emerging
Inflating Wings
Inflating Wings
Inflating Wings
Inflating Wings
Inflating Wings
Inflating Wings
Drying Wings
Close-up of abdomen tip
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and other Details - ©Nicky Davis Todd Stout located female on 14 September 2010 by the Verde River, Cottonwood City, Yavapai County, Arizona, elevation of 3300 feet Ova 4 days The female oviposited on host plant, Thymophylla pentachaeta/Dyssodia pentachaeta - Fetid Marigold/ Five-needle Prickly-leaf, and on the screen of the container which was set under the dappled sunlight of an Aspen Larva 19-22 days Pupa 7 days - One pupa was formed on a flower stem and one on a calyx. I put recycled brown paper towel strips on some flowers and some of the larvae used them as the surface to form pupae. Host - click below for photos Fetid Marigold/Five-needle Prickly-leaf - Thymophylla pentachaeta/ Dyssodia pentachaeta Other host plants listed in Butterflies of America by James A. Scott are Dyssodia papposa, Bidens pilosa, Helenium autumnale, bigelovii, Cosmas, Palafoxia linearis, Tagetes, Thelesperma trifidum, megapotamicum. Garden variety marigolds were used to feed these larvae. They ate both leaves and flowers. One pupa was formed on a flower stem and one on the calyx. I put recycled brown paper towel strips on some flowers and some of the larvae used it as the surface to form pupae. Back to Top |