Danaus gilippus thersippus==Danaus gilippus strigosus
Male Drying Wings After Eclosing
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Drying Wings
Close-up the Male Androconium (also called a scent scale) which is a modified wing scale on butterflies
that release pheronomes. Only males have these scent scales. The pheromones attract females of that species.
Close-up of the Tip of the Male's Abdomen
| PHOTO DETAILS - Reared and photographed by ©Nicky Davis Jack Wolfe pinned these specimen LOCATION: Todd Stout located females flying by Desert Milkweed, Asclepias subulata on 14 September 2010 along the Verde River by the town of Cottonwood, Yavapai County, Arizona GPS: Unknown ELEVATION: unknown PHOTOS: Eggs were oviposited on stems, buds, and some on the net on the side of the container. They seemed to prefer being in the sun or partial sun to oviposit and they fed willingly on honey water. A cottonball soaked in honey water and placed in a small plastic solo cup was offered to them two or three times a day. Larvae hatched on the 25 and 26th of September and developed so fast that the first ones left the plant to pupate on the 7th of October and the first pupae were formed 8 October 2010. The last instar got off the plant to pupate and were placed in a container with a brown paper toweling across the top and bottom and the cardboard tube from a toilet paper roll in between. They silked to the top paper toweling and pupated. Click to See Todd Stout video showing a cardboard tube for pupating The pupae took only ten to eleven days to develop and for the butterfly to hatch. LIFE HISTORY: These numbers are from subjects reared under 24x7 lighting and a temperature of 75- 78 degrees F. Ovum: Four to five Days Larva: Fourteen or Fifteen Days Pupa: Ten to Eleven Days Adult: ? Broods: ? Hibernation: Overwinters as ? Host Plant - click below for photos Desert Milkweed - Asclepias subulata Todd Stout's photos of Asclepias subulata Larvae fed on Showy Milkweed - Asclepias speciosa  |