Two-Banded Checkered-Skipper, Immatures - Pyrgus ruralis ruralis

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ADULTS     SPECIMEN
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Ovum
oviposited July 13th, photographed July 14, 2008

Larva
#1 First Instar  emerged from egg and was photographed July 19, 2008
1st instar on the same day it hatched

Young Instar constructing its nest on July 24, 2008
1st instar constructing a nest

#1 Molted to Second Instar on July 25th and photographed on July 26, 2008
2nd instar starting to weave a nes

#1 Molted to Third Instar on July 30th and photographed on August 2, 2008
2 day old Third Instar

#1Molted to Fourth Instar on August 4th and photographed on August 12, 2008
4th instar on August 12th

#2 Molted to Fifth Instar on August 9th and photographed on August 15th 2008
5th instar at 7 days old

#2 Molted to Fifth Instar on August 9th and photographed on August 16th 2008
5th instar on August 16th



#2 Molted to Fifth Instar on August 9th and photographed on August 16th 2008
#2 5th instar on August 16th


Pupa
#1 Larva stopped feeding August 22nd and formed a pupa August 26th.
Photo was taken August 31, 2008.  These pupa then hibernated.
pupa #1

 Pupa  taken back out of hibernation on 15 March 2009



  Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis
Todd Stout located a female July 12, 2008,.1 miles WNW Bountiful Peak, Skyline Drive, West side of Wasatch Mountain, Davis County Utah

Ova
oviposited July 13th and photo taken July 14, 2008

Larva
Photos of first through fifth instar plus a photo of the first instar silking the host plant  leaves together  to make a nest.

Pupa
Overwinter as pupae

Host
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Sticky Cinquefoil == Glandular Cinquefoil, Potentilla glandulosa

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