Rockslide Checkerspot Chlosyne damoetas damoetas Ova & Larvae Home  -  Butterflies  -  Details Scroll down for photos of Immatures ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________

Ova First Instar - 16 July 2012 Second Instar - 20 July 2012 Third Instar Third Instar after coming out of hibernation and beginning to feed again - 11 June 2013 Third Instar after coming out of hibernation and beginning to feed again - 11 June 2013 Fifth Instar After Hibernation June 18, 2014 - 12 mm June 22, 2014 Photo Details   ©Nicky Davis LOCATION:  Jack Harry located female Chlosyne damoetas damoetas (Rockslide Checkerspot) nine miles west of Fairplay near Horseshoe Basin, Park County, Colorado 3 July 2012. GPS: Unknown ELEVATION: unknown LIFE HISTORY: Ovum:   Notes not available Larva:  First instar photo on 16 July 2012 - 2 mm               Second instar photo on 20 July 2012 - 4 mm               Third instar photo on 24 July 2012 - 11 mm               Hibernated  for the winter and were taken back out the first week of June               The larvae began feeding and some went through to fifth instar while others                again diapaused. In 2014 the larvae were brought out of hibernation and placed on engelmannii again. 2014:  Brought out of hibernation and set on engelmannii to feed.             Pupa:  Adult:  Broods: Hibernation:  Hibernate as larvae Host Plant Engelmann Aster - Eucephalus engelmannii