Edith's Checkerspot
Euphydryas editha baroni
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Third instar after  hibernation -  5 May 2012
3rd instar coming out of hibernation


Third instar after  hibernation -  5 May 2012
after hibernation


Third Instar on Penstemon waking from hibernation
waking from hibernation



Fourth Instar - 13 May 2012
4th instar


Fourth Instar - 13 May 2012
4th instar on 13 May 2012



Fifth Instar - 18 May 2012
pupa


Fifth Instar - 18 May 2012
pupa


Larva on 22 May 2012 - Still feeding
larva


Larva on 22 May 2012 - Still feeding
larva


PUPA
#1 pupa formed 27 May 2012 - 10:30 A.M.
Photo 28 May 2012 -  10:15 A.M.
pupa
#1 pupa formed 27 May 2012 - 10:30 A.M.
Photo 28 May 2012 -  10:15 A.M.
pupa
#1 pupa formed 27 May 2012 - 10:30 A.M.
Photo 28 May 2012 -  10:15 A.M.
pupa



Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis

LOCATION: Ken Hansen located female 19 June 2011 on host Castilleja sp., 14.3 miles North of Junction of Highway 20 and Highway 1, Mendocino County, California. 

Type locality

GPS: Unknown
ELEVATION: unknown


LIFE HISTORY:
Ovum:  Unknown
Larva: 
Spent twenty-two days after hibernation as larvae. Overwintered as third instars.  Took out of hibernation 5 May 2012 - Reared using only 10-11 hours of light and kept as cool as possible (60 degrees in my basement at night for 13-14 hours) to try to keep them from rediapausing
Molted to Fourth Instar on 13 May 2012
Molted to Fifth Instar on 17 May 2012 ?
Pupa:
Nine days as pupa -  #1 formed pupa 27 May 2012 and adult emerged 5 June 2012
Adult:  unknown
Broods: one
Hibernation:  Overwinter as  larvae

Host Plant
Penstemon cyananthus 
 
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