Rockslide Checkerspot
 Chlosyne whitneyi
 
Adult Female Emerging


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OVA-LARVAE-PUPAE        SPECIMEN    
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Female emerging -  24 May 2012
emerging from pupa

 Inflating Wings
emerging

Inflating Wings
inflating wings


Working on assembling the two galeae to form the proboscis. 
The butterfly has to go through a specific sequence of movements including
coiling and uncoiling to align the galeae
working on proboscis

Continuing to assemble galeae while wings inflate
inflate wings and assembling galeae


Wings are more open - Continuing to assemble galeae while wings inflate
inflating wings and assembling galeae


Drying Wings - galeae assembled to form proboscis
drying wings


Close-up of  head, proboscis and legs
closeup of face, legs


Antennae
antennae


Abdomen - white with dark dashes on underside -  dark on upperside
abdomen



PHOTO DETAILS - ©Nicky Davis
LOCATION: 22 August 2011 Jacque Wolfe ex. 2 females west of main trail, south side of Sonora Pass,
Tuolumne County, California on host plant Solidago multiradiata.
GPS: Unknown
ELEVATION: 10,000 feet

PHOTOS:
1.  Emerging from pupa
2.  Inflating wings
3.  Inflating wings - dorsal view
4.  Assembling galeae to form proboscis (see http://www.eje.cz/pdfarticles/373/eje_094_4_495_Krenn.pdf) for more
     details.
5. 
Continuing to assemble galeae while wings inflate
6.  Wings are more open, continues to assemble galeae and inflate wings
7.  Drying wings, galeae  joined to form proboscis
8.  Close-up of galeae assembled to form proboscis, legs and head
9.  Antennae
10. Abdomen


LIFE HISTORY:
Ovum:  7- 8  days
Larva:  From first instar to hibernation at fourth instar took 20 days.  They were taken out of hibernation
on 1 May 2012 and were put back on Eucephalus engelmanni. They took about 15 days to mature and
 form pupae

Pupa: 
7- 8 days ( #4 was a pupa  7 days 2 hours and forty minutes)
Adult:  unknown
Broods: one
Hibernation:  These overwinter as  larvae

Host Plant
Solidago multiradiata
Eucephalus engelmannii

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