Larva
![5th instar larva](../../../images/butterflies_moths/pieridae/pierinae/b_larva_a_sara_thoosa.jpg)
Female
Pupa
Development
![Thoosa pupa shell after emergence- February 1, 2006](../../../images/butterflies_moths/pieridae/pierinae/btfly_pupashell_thoosa20106.jpg)
Host Plants
Descurainia pinnata
![Host Plant - Descurainia pinnata](../../../images/plants_scenery/descurainia_pinnata2_ts.jpg)
Descurainia pinnata
with A.
sara thoosa
![Host Plant - Descurainia pinnata with A. sara thoosa](../../../images/plants_scenery/descurainia_pinnata_sara_thoosa.jpg)
Arabis perennans
![Host Plant - Arabis perennans](../../../images/plants_scenery/arabis_perennans.jpg)
Specimen
![A sara thoosa==A thoosa specimen](../../../images/butterflies_moths/pieridae/pierinae/b_a_sara_thoosa_specimen_ts.jpg)
Photo
Details - ©Nicky Davis
Larva
1. 5th
instar larva,©Nicky Davis - Canon D20 - 100mm lens -
1/250 - F16 - ISO 200 - Flash exposure compensation +1
Pupa,
female
1.
left - Pupa development showing wing color and eye -
January 29, 2006 - 8:12 P.M. - Canon D20 - 100mm lens -
1/250 - F18 - ISO 200 - Flash exposure compensation +1
1.
right- Pupa further developmen t- January 30, 2006 - 3:55 P.M.
- Canon D20 - 100mm lens - 1/250 - F18 - ISO
200 - Flash exposure compensation +1
Specimen
1.
©Todd Stout
Extraction
and Other
Reared
by Todd Stout who extracted the ova March 4, 2005 4.5 miles West of
Christmas Tree Pass, 2.6 miles East of US Highway 95, Clark County,
Nevada. The butterfly emerged on January 31, 2006
Host
Plants
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