Ovum - August 23 2014
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2013 - Ova
First
Instars began emerging 20 July 2013 - 2 mm
#1 & 2 First Instars out of
hibernation on 5 June 2014
2 mm long on 7 June 2014
#2 Second Instar 3 mm on June 20, 2014
#1 Third instar 5 mm on June 20, 2014
#1 on 23 June 2014, set to molt
#1 on 23 June 2014
Fourth Instar July 5, 2014 - 12 mm long
Fourth Instar July 5, 2014 - 12 mm long
Photo Details - ŠNicky Davis
Les and
Nicky Davis located female August 10, 2014
meadow along the road below Guardsman Pass,
Salt Lake County, Utah.
She laid
91 ova on August 15th, 26 on 18 August, 40 on
20 August, 12 on August 22, 25 on 23 August
for a total of 194. Most were oviposited
on the paper bag.
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Les
and Nicky Davis located female July 1, 2013,
Guardsman Pass, Salt Lake
County, Utah - Elevation
9088 feet.
Female nectared and
rested from July 1 to July 9, 2013 before
ovipositing.
OVA
Female oviposited 47 ova on 9 July, 2013 .
She used both the paper of the bag and dried
stems, leaves and flowers of Viola
nephrophylla.
Female oviposited 20 ova on 10 July, 2013
Ova began emerging on 20 July 2013
#2 Molted to Second instar 20 June 2014
#1 Molted to Third instar 24 June 2014
Larva on 7 July 2014, 12 mm long,
Fourth Instar
The callippe didn't go through the rest of
the life cycle, maybe because
they were started on nephrophylla which
they didn't accept well. They
didn't seem to want to eat the purpurea
either. There is another
violet in that area, the viola nuttalli,
which may be what would have
been more acceptable to them.
Per Butterflies of Cascadia, keep first
instars at 70-80 F and 30-40% relative humidity
for 2-4 weeks before putting them in overwintering
conditions. Mist once a week.
Overwinter them at 70 to 85 or 90 percent
humidity.
After coming out of diapause, they were given viola
nyphrophylla
but ate only nibbled on it a little bit.
I then changed to Viola
purpurea and they seemed to feed on that
somewhat better. However, none
of these made it to the pupa stage.
Host Plant
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