Oviposited 24 July 2014
Oviposited 24 July 2014
First
Instar - April 20, 2015 - 2 mm long
#1 Second Instar 23 April 2015 - 3 mm long
#1
Second Instar 25 April 2015 - 4 mm long
#1 28 April 2015 - 5 mm long
#1 28 April 2015 - 5 mm long
#1 Molted to Third Instar 30 April, 2015 - 5 mm
#1 Molted to Third Instar 30 April, 2015 - 5 mm
#3
emerged from ovum 21 April 2015, molted to 2nd
Instar 24 April,
to Third Instar 1 May 2015
#3 Molted to Fourth Instar 4 May 2015 - 10 mm long
to Third Instar 1 May 2015
#3 Molted to Fourth Instar 4 May 2015 - 10 mm long
#3 Molted to Fourth Instar 4
May 2015 - 10 mm long
#3 May 8, 2015 - 14 mm long - closeup photo shows cervical shield
(the pale green "bell" shaped spot)
#3 May 8, 2015 - 14 mm long -
Fourth day as fourth instar
#3
May 8, 2015 - 14 mm long - Fourth day as
fourth instar
#3
Larva 12 May 2015 10:30 A.M. 18 mm long
Colors Changed signifying it is nearing pupation
Colors Changed signifying it is nearing pupation
#3 Larva 12 May 2015 4:30 P.M. 16 mm long
More intense color change and getting shorter
#3
Larva 12 May 2015 4:30 P.M. 16 mm long
More intense color change and getting shorter
More intense color change and getting shorter
#3 Pupa
formed May 15, 2015 - 15 mm long
#3 Pupa
formed May 15, 2015 - 15 mm long
#3 Pupa 22 May 2015
#3 Pupa 22 May 2015
Pupa #3 Showing Dark Eye on 25th May 2015
Pupa #3 Dark Wing Case on 27 May 2015
#4 Wing Case 9:32 A.M.
Has gone from dark to a chaffed look and has started to split open
Adult Male Emerged at 11:27 A.M.
On 20 and 21 July 2014 Les and Nicky Davis located a couple of female Satyrium sylvinus putnami nectaring on Goldenrod flowers and resting on Coyote Willow - Salix exigua in Butterfield Canyon alongside the creek. Nectar sources were scarce in this canyon at this time of year
Butterflies oviposited 43 ova on 24 July 2014. They were placed in the crotches between stems and leaves and also in the "V angle of a dried leaf in batches of two to five ova. This species hibernates as ova.
Ovum were removed from hibernation on 11 April 2015 and spritzed with water every day. They began emerging 20 April 2015 and continued until 27 April 2015. Thirty seven as of April 27, 2015 emerged and are feeding on willow leaves.
Photos
Ovum July 2014
#1 First Instar April 20, 2015 - 2 mm (3 days as First Instar)
#1 Second Instar April 23, 2015 - 3 mm ( 5-7 days as second instar)
#1 Second Instar April 25, 2015 - 4 mm
#1 Third Instar April 30, 2015 - 5 mm ( 4 days as third instar)
#3 Fourth Instar May 4, 2015 - 10 mm - dorsal
#3 Fourth Instar May 4, 2015 - 10 mm - lateral
#3 Fourth Instar May 8, 2015 - 14 mm - cervical shield
#3 Fourth Instar May 8, 2015 - 14 mm - lateral
#3 Fourth Instar May 8, 2015 - 14 mm - dorsal
#3 Fourth Instar May 12, 2015 - 10:30 A.M. Color change - 18 mm
#3 Fourth Instar May 12, 2015 - 4:30 P.M. - More color change and losing length - 16 mm - dorsal
#3 Fourth Instar May 12, 2015 - 4:30 P.M. - More color change and losing length - 16 mm - lateral 11 days as 4th instar and prepupa
#3 Pupa May 15, 2015 lateral
#3 Pupa May 15, 2015 dorsal
#3 Pupa May 22, 2015 dorsal
#3 Pupa May 22, 2015 lateral
#3 Pupa May 25, 2015 dark eye spots indicating development of butterfly
#3 Pupa May 27, 2015 dark wing case indicating more development (#3 had chaffed look wing case 28 May 2015 and emerged at 7 A.M. 28 May 2015 - no photo) 13 days as pupa
#4 Pupa showing chaffed look wing case at 9:32 A.M. Adult emerged same day at 11:27 A.M.
Ova - overwinter
First Instars 3 days
Second Instars 5-7 days
Third Instars 4 days
Fourth instars 8 days
After Color Change and Prepupa to Pupa 3 days
Pupae - 13 days (38 days from ova hatching to butterfly emerging)
Reared in temperatures of about 75-78 F. Lights were kept on about 14 hours per day.
Host Plant
| Coyote Willow - Salix
exigua |
