Northern Checkerspot
Chlosyne pala flavula
Immatures

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Ova - oviposited June 25,  2007
ova laid June 25, 2007

Larva
July 9, 2007
larva July 9, 2007

July 10, 2007 - resting in "lollipop"  formation
Larvae resting in "lollipop" formation

July 19, 2007 - Fourth instar
4th instar on July 19, 2007

Fifth Instar - July 25,  2007
5th instar - dorsal

5th instar - lateral



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Pupa
Pupa #1 formed July 26th , 2007
July 27, 2007
dorsal
July 27, 2007
lateral



Feeding pattern

Young instar feeding pattern
feeding pattern of larvae


Feeding pattern or fifth instars
feeding pattern of 5th instars



Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis
Female collected by Todd Stout, June 2007, Mueller Park, Davis County, Utah

Ova
Approximately 170 ova laid June 25, 2007, eclosed July 3, 2007, most of the larvae diapaused July 21, 2007. 

Larva
Of 156 larvae that eclosed, four matured to 5th instar and formed pupa.  The rest of the larvae diapaused at third and fourth instar.
1.  Larvae on July 9, 2007
2.  Larvae on July 10, 2007 in "lollipop" formation, resting and molting
3.  Fourth instar
4., 5.   Fifth instar, July 25, 2007 - dorsal and lateral views

Pupa
1., 2. This pupa was formed July 26, 2007 and photographed on the 27th.

Feeding pattern of larvae
1.  In first stages of development, larvae  eat only the top layer  of the leaf
2.  Fifth instars eat all the  leaf except the center vein.

Host Plant

Eucephalus  engelmannii
 
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