Fulvia Checkerspot
Chlosyne fulvia coronado==Thessalia fulvia coronado

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FEMALE EMERGING     SPECIMEN
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#2 - Second Instar
2nd instar


#2 - Second Instar
2nd instar


#2 Third Instar - 3 May  2012
3rd instar


#1 Molted to Fourth Instar - 28 April 2012
Third Instar


#1 Molted to Fourth Instar - 28 April 2012
Third Instar


#1 Molted to Fifth Instar - 2 May 2012
4th instar


#1 Molted to Fifth Instar - 2 May 2012
4th instar

#1 Fifth Instar 4 May 2012 -  25 mm long
5th instar - 25 mm long



#1 Pupa formed 8 May 2012 < 3 P.M.

#1 Pupa on 8 May 2012
pupa #1 8 May 2012
#1 Pupa on 8 May 2012
#1 pupa 8 May 2012
#1 Pupa on 8 May 2012
#1 pupa 8 May 2012

  Pupa at 7 A.M. 17 May 2012
50 minutes before eclosure
pupa


Pupa at 7 A.M. 17 May 2012
50 minutes before eclosure
pupa


Pupa at 7 A.M. 17 May 2012
50 minutes before eclosure
pupa





PHOTO DETAILS - ©Nicky Davis

LOCATION:
Coll. as 1st-3rd instar larvae Brian Banker legit
Tuesday April 24, 2012, Lower "Jim Brock Canyon" (Upper Molino Basin Center Fork)100 yards up from Molino Basin on e. side of Catalina Hwy, Catalina Mtns., Coronado National Forest, approximately 10 miles NE of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona. Host Castilleja lanata

GPS: Unknown
ELEVATION:
PHOTOS:  Second, third, fourth and fifth instars plus  newly formed pupa and pupa just before eclosure

LIFE HISTORY:
Ovum:  unknown
Larva:  I received 2nd and 3rd instars so total time as larvae is unknown
Pupa:  About 9 days
Hibernation:  Overwinter as  larvae


Host Plant
Castilleja chromosa - Indian Paintbrush
 
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