Relict Fritillary
Boloria kriemhild
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Ovum - 2013
ovum

ovum


First Instars - 2 mm
Oviposited 15 June 2013
Emerged 21 June 2013
Photo 21 June 2013
first instars


#1 First Instar - 3 mm
Oviposited 14 June 2013
Emerged 19 June 2013
Photo 21 June 2013
first instar


#1 Set to Molt to Second  Instar - 23 June 2013
set to molt


#1 Second  Instar with exuvia to the left
24 June 2013
Five days as first instar
2nd instar


#1 Second  Instar  close to being set to molt
set to molt


#1 Molted on 28th -  Third instar 7 mm
third instar

#2 Molted to Fourth Instar  2 July 2013
 9 mm on 3 July 2013
#2 third instar


#2 Molted to Fourth Instar  2 July 2013
 9 mm on 3 July 2013
3rd instar


Molted to Fifth Instar 12 July 2013
4th


Molted to Fifth Instar 12 July 2013
4th


#6 molted to Fifth Instar 13 July 2013
Photo on 17 July 2013 - 20 mm long
5th

  18 July 2013 formed "J"
j


Pupa formed  19 July 2013
pupa
pupa
pupa








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Ovum - 2012
ovum


#1 oviposited  3 June, hatched  10 June 2012 7 P.M.
Photo on 12 June 2012 at 9:30 A.M. - 3 mm
# 1 - first instar- hatched 10 June, photo 12 June 2012


#1- Second Instar - 4 mm long - photo  on 16 June 2012
2nd instar


#1- Second Instar - 4 mm long - photo  on 16 June 2012
2nd instar


#1 on 25 June 2012 - set to molt - 7 mm
#1 on 25th June


#1 on 25 June 2012 - set to molt - 7 mm
#1 larvae on 25 June


  Molted, then diapaused - Photo on 30 June  2012
diapaused


Molted, then diapaused - Photo on 30 June  2012
diapaused



PHOTO DETAILS - ©Nicky Davis
Female located 13 June 2013 by Jack Harry, Les and Nicky Davis 
11.1 miles East of Kamas, south side of Utah Highway 150, Summit County, Utah which is at an elevation of 7540 feet.  Butterflies were flying around Viola adunca , identified by  Ann Kelsey at U of U Museum of Natiural History

Females  oviposited 14th, through the 17th of June on Viola adunca, which is one of two viola species seen in that area.
They also oviposited on the chiffon container cover and a few ova on Viola nephrophylla.

2014 season
The larvae that went into diapause as fourth  instars in 2013, came out on 5 June 2014 and fed on Viola  nephrophylla. They molted to 5th instar 12 June 2014, continued feeding until reaching 20mm then began pupating 17 June 2014.
2013 season
Ova - 5 - 6 days - 3 mm
First Instar -  4 - 5 days - 4 mm +
Third Instar -  4 - 5 days - 7 mm
Fourth Instar - 10 days - 9 mm to 15 mm
Fifth- Instar -   5 days -  20 mm long
"J" - 1 day
Pupa - 5 - 6 days
Some of these went into hibernation again

2012 LOCATION: 11.1 miles East of Kamas, South side of Utah Highway 150, Summit County, Utah
elevation 7540 feet. ex. Jack Wolfe.   
Butterflies were flying around Viola adunca , identified by  Ann Kelsey at U of U Museum of Natiural History


TIME SPENT AS:
Ova:
  5 to 7 days
Larvae: 
First instar - five days as first instar  
Second Instar - eight days - 4 mm
Third Instar -  Unclear when they molted to fourth instars.
Fourth Instar - 5-10 days and then some went into diapause
Fifth Instar - 5-6 days and then diapaused.
Pupa -
 In 2012 Larvae spent about 20 days feeding before they hibernated.  The larvae didn't live through hibernation



Habitat
Pine Valley Campground  area


Host
Viola adunca
Viola  nephrophylla

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