PHOTO DETAILS - ©Nicky Davis LOCATION:  Steve M. Spomer located female 1003 North 52nd, Lincoln, Lancaser County, Nebraska on host plant Antennaria parvifolia - Small leaf Pussytoes PHOTOS: Two ova received 18 May 2012 One ovum hatched and was set on host plant Circium undulatum - Wavyleaf Thistle, then on Urtica dioica - Stinging Nettle, then on Alcea rosea - Hollyhock but these larvae refused them all.  Received three other larvae which had first been set on Alcea rosea  and on which many had died on ( maybe poison spray).  The survivors were taken off the rosea and set on  Circium undulatum which they accepted as a host plant by feeding and  making individual silk nests. LIFE HISTORY: Ovum:  unknown Larva:  #1  was  a larva for 27 days.             Larvae varied a great deal with  some being 3rd, 4th or 5th Instars at the same time             First Instar -  22 May 2012             Second Instar -  27 May 2012             Third Instar - 31 May 2012 - 4 mm             Fourth Instar -  4 June 2012             Fifth Instar -   8 June 2012, photo on 9th 20mm long             Fifth Instars - 16 June 2012 - 45 mm long Pupa:  Pupae stage  was about eight days . Pupae were about 21 to 24 mm long.  Some larvae had a bad reaction to a batch of host plant and became sick showing watery frass but eventually recovered on different plants.  Those pupae were smaller as were the adults.  #1 and #2 formed a pupae on 18 June 2012 and emerged 26 June 2012 Broods: 3-4 Hibernation:  Overwinters as  ? Host Plant Oviposited on Antennaria parvifolia Fed on  Circium undulatum - Wavy-leaf Thistle