Pupa Development
Pupa #1
Pupa #1 formed 10:45 P.M. August 17, 2007 - ventral

Pupa #1 formed 10:45 P.M. August 17, 2007 - lateral


Pupa #1 showing color on the wing case - 3:20 P.M. August 22, 2007



Pupa #1 8:35 P.M. August 24, 2007
 Butterfly eclosed between 8:35 P.M. on the 24th and 8 A.M. of the 25th



Pupa #6
Pupa #6  8:06 A.M. August 29, 2007 - lateral


Pupa #6  8:06 A.M. August 29, 2007 - ventral



Pupa #6 11:20 A.M. August 29, 2007 - lateral - Butterfly emerged 1:05 P.M. August 29, 2007


Pupa #6 11:20 A.M. August 29, 2007 -ventral - Butterfly emerged 1:05 P.M. August 29, 2007

Photo Details -  ©Nicky Davis Female collected by Todd Stout on July 04, 2007 at 11,500 feet, .5 miles Northeast of Leidy Peak, Dagget County, Utah. Female laid 62 ova  July 7th and 8th on Astragalus cicer.  Ova eclosed July 12 - 14th.  Ova were whitish, turned orange then blackish-gray. A third of the ova didn't eclose and nine first instars died. Pupa Pupa Development Host for photos of the plant used to rear the Mead's Sulphur, click on Astragalus cicer Back to Top