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SET ONE - MAY - JUNE 2015 #2 Just after Molting to Second Instar - 31 May 2015 #1 Second Instar molted 2 P.M. 1 June, 2015 Photo on 3 June 2015 - 12 mm long #1 Molted to Third Instar 5 June, 2015 6 P.M. -  16 mm long #1 Molted to Fourth Instar 9 June 2015 #1 Molted to Fifth Instar 15 June 2015 Ninth day as Fifth Instar - 83 mm Crochets at End of Prolegs True Legs SET TWO Tim Dalsing mated male and female from Set One and female oviposited 195 ova SET TWO SET TWO First Instar 6 August 2015 SET TWO First Instar 6 August 2015 SET TWO Second Instar 9 August 2015 SET TWO Second Instar 9 August 2015 SET TWO Third Instar on 11 August 2015 Set 2 - Fourth Day Fifth Instar - 40 mm long Set 2 - Fourth Day Fifth Instar - 40 mm long #2 Sixth Instar - 30 August 2015 #2 Sixth Instar with exuvia - 30 August 2015 ++++++++++++ Parasitized caterpillar near Koosharem, Utah Photo Details ©Nicky Davis SET ONE On 31 May 2015 some first and second instar gloveri were received from Tim Dalsing who received them from Wayne Whaley.  Ova were obtained from an adult female who was located in Southern Arizona, USA. #1 molted to 2nd Instar at 2 P.M. 1 June 2015.  Photo on 3 June measured 12 mm long 4 days as third instar - 22 mm on third day 3rd instar 6 days as fourth instar - 42 mm on fourth day of fourth instar 11 days as fifth instar - 84 mm on tenth day of fifth instar  Purged excess fluid on 26 June 2015 and began spinning cocoon HOST:  Salix exigua SET TWO - These are from sister/brother mating pair from SET ONE reared by Tim Dalsing All instars are much smaller than they were in SET ONE Ova First Instar - 2.5 days as first instar - Hatched 6 August 2015 - 5.5 mm Second Instar - 3 days as second instar - Molted to second instar 8 August 2015 p.m. - 10mm Third Instar -  Molted to third instar 11 August 2015 - 18 mm Fourth Instar  - Molted to fourth instar 16 August 2015 - 24 mm (much smaller than Set One fourth Instar Fifth Instar  - Molted to fifth instar 21 August 2015 - 40 mm on 25 August 2015 - 8 days as fifth instar Sixth Instar - Molted to sixth instar 29 August 2015 -  75 mm on 11 September 2015 (13th day as 6th instar)   Family Tree Family:  Saturniidae,   Genus: Hyalophora,   Species:  columbia,   Ssp.  gloveri Other In the west the caterpillar hosts are the western choke cherry (Prunus demissa), bitter cherry (P. emarginata), bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata), wild roses (Rosa), willows (Salix), buffalo berry (Shepherdia argentea), Russian olive (Eleagnus angustifolius), and buckbrush (Ceanothus).  Identification marks: Wings are dark brown to red-brown. The gray area outside the white postmedian band does not contain any red. Crescent spots on the forewings and hindwings are white, although occasionally the spots on the forewing may be reduced or absent. Back to Top