Clouded Sulphur
Colias philodice eriphyle
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OVUM
ovum


LARVAE

First Instar
Photograph on September 27 2007
1st instar


Second Instar
Hatched September 24, 2007
Molted to Second Instar September 28, 2007
2nd


Fourth Instar collected on Lupine  August 7, 2006
Francis Peak by Todd Stout - Photo August 10, 2006
4th instar on July 10, 2006


Fifth Instar
at an angle to show both top and side of larva


Fifth Instar
lateral


Fifth Instar
dorsal


Fifth Instar
philodice eriphyle


August 16, 2006 - 3:10 P.M.
prepupa at 3:10 P.M.



PRE PUPA
August 16, 2006 - 6:42 P.M
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prepupa at 6:42 P.M.



PUPAE
August 18, 2006
pupa on August 18, 2006

August 22, 2006
development of pupa- dorsal view


August 23, 2006

Pupa on August 23, 2006


LUPINE
lupine blooms

Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis
Adult female collected  September 18, 2007, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah.  The female oviposited 45 ova on September 20, 21 and 22, 2007. They are white and if they are fertile they turn orange, then dark just before the larvae eclose.  These larvae eclosed September 24 through the 29th.

Ova - 4 to 7 days

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This larva was located August 7, 2006, on Lupine at Francis Peak, Davis County, Utah, by Todd Stout.  Adult female emerged August 23, 2006.

Photos of larva, prepupa, and pupa


Host Plant
Lupines

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