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DETAILS - ©Nicky Davis
LOCATION: Doug
Mullins located
female 19 August 2011 in Madera Canyon, .25
miles South of the Pima County line in Santa Cruz County,
Arizona.
GPS:
unk
ELEVATION:
unk
The
female oviposited 20 August 2011 on Phaeseolus
ritensis, Ova hatched 26
August 2011. Larva fed on Phaeseolus vulgaris for
30 days. It walked off its
plant 25 September 2011 and made a nest in some paper toweling used as
an understory in the container. The pupa formed 27 September 2011.
PHOTOS:
Photos
of the female emerging on 27 October 2011
LIFE HISTORY:
Ovum: about 6 days
Larva: about 30 days - It was about 35 mm maximum length
Pupa: This one was a pupa for 29 days 15 hours before completing
developing and emerging as an adult butterfly
Adult: unknown
Broods: unknown
Hibernation: Overwinters as a pupa
Host Plants: Oviposited on Phaeseolus
ritensis
Reared on Phaeseolus vulgaris -
garden string beans
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