Dark-veined Spring White Pontia sisymbrii nigravenosa Immatures Home - Butterflies -   Details Adult Male     Specimen

OVA First Day - April 27, 2006 Showing Development April 28, 2006 Ready to emerge - April 30, 2006 LARVA First Instar - April 30, 2006 First Instar - May 03, 2006 Second Instar - May 09, 2006 Third Instar - May 13, 2006 Fourth Instar set to molt to Fifth Instar - May 18, 2006 Fifth Instar - May 19, 2006 - from the ova collected April 27, 2006 Fifth Instar May 19, 2006 Pre-Pupa Larva forming pupa  on May 22, 2006- from the ova collected April 27, 2006 Pupa from the ova collected April 27, 2006 Photo on June 03, 2006 Pupa from Deep Creek Canyon showing development Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis Ova collected by Todd Stout  from the host plant Streptanthus cordatus in April 27, 2006 at 6000 feet  by Spring Creek, West  Northwest of  the  Rodeo Grounds, Cedar Fort, Spring Creek,  Utah County, Utah. Pupa photos from the ova collected April 27, 2006 Pupae were set in winter conditions June 14, 2006 and brought back into spring conditions on October  14, 2006. ________________________________________________________________________________ Pupa from larva collected  at Deep Creek Canyon, Juab County, Utah 1., 2.  Pupa just before butterfly emerged. ______________________________________________________________________________ Characteristics Adults 1 3/4  to 2 inch wingspan Host Plants Dyer's Woad - Isatis tinctoria Heartleaf Twistflower - Streptanthus cordatus Sicklepod Rockcress - Arabis sparsiflora Tumble Mustard - Sisymbrium altissimum Pinnate Tansymustard - Descurainia pinnata Whitetop - Cardaria draba (not photographed Pronunciation Sis-IM-bree-eye