Wild Utah photos of Magdalena Alpine - Erebia magdalena, 0va, larvae, immatures. Larval host plant used was Kentucky Blue Grass, Poa pratensis - located females at Leidy Peak, Uintah County, Utah on 2 July 2012, elevation 11600 feet

Magdalena Alpine
Erebia magdalena
Immatures

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OVA PHOTOS

New ovum
magdalena egg

Developed Ova
developed eggs

#1 First Instar hatched 14 July 2012 - oviposited 3 July 2012

PHOTO DETAILS - ©Nicky Davis
LOCATION: located females at Leidy Peak, Uintah County, Utah, 2 July 2012 - Todd Stout
40°46'12.87"N 109°49'49.36"W.

ELEVATION: 11,600 feet, 3536 meters

PHOTOS:
Females laid eggs in the afternoon under lamp light inside a small container lined with paper and a lid with chiffon with a strip of brown paper toweling across one edge. I put a few blades of Kentucky Blue Grass in the bottom of the container.

LIFE HISTORY:
Ovum: Oviposited 3rd, 4th, 5th of July 2012
Larva: #1 hatched 14 July 2012 -11 days
Pupa:
Adult:
Broods:
Hibernation: Overwinters as

HOST PLANT : Larvae accepted Poa pratensis - Blue Grass but didn't thrive. After a while they just wouldn't eat but they didn't hibernate. I found out that the native grass used that is at Murdock Mountain where Magdalena flies in Utah is probably Festuca brachyphylla per Dale Nielson.

HABITAT:
Murdock Mountain