Todd Stout collected Female 14 Jul 2014 just below boulders at top of Murdock Mountain, Utah. Since he was busy he gave me the female to have her oviposit and to rear the larvae.
Females oviposited on native Potentilla diversifolia. Larvae reared on Fragaria vesca and Potentilla glandulosa. The glandulosa plants became spotted with some disease so I moved the larvae that were using it over to Fragaria vesca. They had no problem switching to the different plant.
Female oviposited 115 eggs from 16 July to 3 August 2014. Twenty were given away. Of the remaining ninety five, sixty-six hatched for a hatch rate of sixty-nine per cent.
Ova took about 8-10 days to emerge.
First instar - 6 days
Second Instar - 7 days
Third Instar - 9 - 11 days
Fourth Instar - 4-6 days
Fifth Instar - 23-30 days
Four larvae hatched morning of 24th July 2014 - 1.5-2 mm evening of 24 July 2014
On 27 July, 2014 these larva were 3 mm long
Molted to second instar on 30 July 2014
Set to molt on 5 August - 5 mm long
Molted to third instar 6 August 2014
Molted to fourth instar 17 August 2014 - 12 mm long
Molted to fifth instar 19-20 August 2014 - 23 mm on 1 September
First one pupated on 15 September 2014 - 16 mm long
Hibernate as Pupae
Pupa out of hibernation on 12 June 2015 and began eclosing 22 June 2015
Host Plant
| Woolly
Cinquefoil - Potentilla hippiana Sticky Cinquefoil -Potentilla-glandulosa ? Woodland Strawberry - Fragaria vesca bracteata Mountain Meadow Cinquefoil - Potentilla diversifolia |
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