Gulf Fritillary 
Agraulis vanillae  incarnata

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Ovum Development
3:30 P.M.  November 10, 2006
egg


10:00 A.M. November 13, 2006
egg


3:01 P.M.  November 13, 2006 - Head emerging from egg
emergee


First Instar November 13, 2006
1st



Larva consuming  remaining nutrients
eating from egg case



First instar - one day old - November 4, 2006
nov 4



Second instar - molted to 2nd instar November 7,  photo 8 November, 2006
2nd instar


Third instar - Molted to 3rd instar November 09, 2006 -  1:32 P.M.
3rd




Larva #4
Fourth instar - Molted to 4th instar on November 11, 2006
4th




Fifth Instar #7
close-up of head


Fifth Instar  #1 - November 4, 2006
5th


Fifth Instar  #1 - November 4, 2006
5th instar



Prepupa #4 at  2:10 P.M.
November 21, 2006
 Four hours before pupating
Prepupa  #1 at 12:58 P.M.
November 10, 2006

prepupa
#1




Larva #4  pupating on November 21, 2006
6:40 P.M.
 skin splitting
skin splitting from the larva and pupa
                          emerging
6:41 P.M.
Head and wing emerged
Head and wing case of pupa has emerged
6:43 P.M. 
skin has peeled back to tail
larval head and skin has peeled back to
                          the tail

6:44 P.M. - pupa began swinging
around in a circle  to rid
 itself of larval skin and head
pupa began swinging around in a
                              circle to rid itself of larval skin and
                              head

6:45 P.M.
 ventral view


ventral view
                            of new pupa

7:56 P.M. pupa
 7:56 P.M.


pupa at 7:56
                            P.M. continuting to show development



PUPA
Pupa #1 Development - November 23, 2006 - 8:38  to 8:57 A.M.
lateral view 8:38
                      A.M. ventral - November
                      23, 2006 - 8:40 A.M. dorsal - November 23,
                      2006 - 8:57 A.M.

Pupa #1 thirty minutes before the adult butterfly emerged -
2:25 P.M. November 23, 2006
lateral - 30 minutes
                      before butterfly emerged ventral - 30 mintures
                      before butterfly emerged dorsal - 2:25 P.M.
                      November 23, 2006






Photo Details - ŠNicky Davis
Ova and larva collected November 4, 2006 courtesy Sally Levinson,  Berkeley, California.
Photos of  Ova, larvae and pupae development

Host Plant
Passion Vine, variety Coral Seas
Some other varieties they like are Lavender Lady, Constance Elliott, Passiflora caeruleae.
Some varieties, like alata-caerulea, are too toxic for them.


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