Ovum - oviposited 09 July 2011
![ovum](../../../images/butterflies_moths/papilionidae/papilioninae/papilio_rutulus_usa_utah_saltlake_cnty_lambs_cnyn_07_VII_2011_002.jpg)
First Instar - Hatched 17 July 2011
![first Instar](../../../images/butterflies_moths/papilionidae/papilioninae/papilio_rutulus_usa_utah_saltlake_cnty_lambs_cnyn_07_VII_2011_005.jpg)
Second
Instar - molted 21 July 2011 - Photo shows how to
change a
larva to a new plant by pinning the old leaf to a
fresh one thereby avoiding dislodging it from the silk pad.
![2nd instar](../../../images/butterflies_moths/papilionidae/papilioninae/papilio_rutulus_usa_utah_saltlake_cnty_lambs_cnyn_07_VII_2011_007.jpg)
Second
instar on second day after molting
![2nd instar on 2nd day after molting](../../../images/butterflies_moths/papilionidae/papilioninae/papilio_rutulus_usa_utah_saltlake_cnty_lambs_cnyn_07_VII_2011_010.jpg)
Third
instar - 25 July 2011
![marks developing](../../../images/butterflies_moths/papilionidae/papilioninae/papilio_rutulus_usa_utah_saltlake_cnty_lambs_cnyn_07_VII_2011_015.jpg)
Fourth
Instar - molting
on 28 July 2011
![molted to third instar](../../../images/butterflies_moths/papilionidae/papilioninae/papilio_rutulus_usa_utah_saltlake_cnty_lambs_cnyn_07_VII_2011_022.jpg)
Fifth
Instar - molted 02 August 2011
![4th instar](../../../images/butterflies_moths/papilionidae/papilioninae/papilio_rutulus_usa_utah_saltlake_cnty_lambs_cnyn_07_VII_2011_025.jpg)
Fifth Instar - green
![green color](../../../images/butterflies_moths/papilionidae/papilioninae/papilio_rutulus_usa_utah_saltlake_cnty_lambs_cnyn_07_VII_2011_031.jpg)
Fifth Instar - blue
![blue fifth instar](../../../images/butterflies_moths/papilionidae/papilioninae/papilio_rutulus_usa_utah_saltlake_cnty_lambs_cnyn_07_VII_2011_051.jpg)
Close-up photo of Eyespots
![eyespots](../../../images/butterflies_moths/papilionidae/papilioninae/papilio_rutulus_usa_utah_saltlake_cnty_lambs_cnyn_07_VII_2011_052.jpg)
Pre
pupa
August 11, 2011
![prepupa](../../../images/butterflies_moths/papilionidae/papilioninae/papilio_rutulus_usa_utah_saltlake_cnty_lambs_cnyn_07_VII_2011_053.jpg)
PUPA
13
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OVA
July 19, 2006
![july 1 2006](../../../images/butterflies_moths/papilionidae/papilioninae/b_ova_p_rutulus_jul1906.jpg)
July
24, 2006
![developing](../../../images/butterflies_moths/papilionidae/papilioninae/b_ova_p_rutulus_jul2406.jpg)
First Instar
July 24, 2006
![first instar](../../../images/butterflies_moths/papilionidae/papilioninae/b_larva_p_rutulus_jul2406_3.jpg)
Second
Instar
![2nd instar](../../../images/butterflies_moths/papilionidae/papilioninae/b_larva_p_rutulus_2ndinstar_jul2806_12.jpg)
Third
Instar - July
30, 2006
![3rd instar](../../../images/butterflies_moths/papilionidae/papilioninae/b_larva_p_rutulus_3rdinstar_jul3006.jpg)
Photo
Details - ©Nicky Davis
Todd
located female at Lamb's Canyon, 07 July 2011
Oviposited 09 July 2011 (2)
Hatched 17 July 2011
Second
Instar - molted 21 July 2011
Third
instar - 25 July 2011
Fourth
Instar - 28 July 2011
Fifth
Instar - molted 02 August 2011
Prepupa
-11 August 2011
Pupa - 13 August 2011
Pupae hibernate
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Ova
Collected on Cottonwood July 19, 2006, Little Cottonwood
Canyon, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
1 .July 19,
2006
2. July 24, 2006
©Nicky Davis
First
Instar - Eclosed
from ova
July 24, 2006
Photo of first
instar
just after eclosure from ova
Second
Instar
July
27, 2006
Third Instar 2006
July
30, 2006
- After molting
to third instar, this larva stopped eating and died. I think I
injured him while trying to move him to a fresh host plant leaf.
These larvae make an extra strong silk mat when they are about to
molt. They can be injured if you
try to take them off this mat. As I have now learned, a better
method is to cut the leaf around the larva without disturbing it and
pin it to the new host plant leaf
Host
Plant
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