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Details Adult Eclosure
2014 - Ova Photos
Oviposited on 5 June 2014
Shows ovum Development
June 7, 2014
#1 First Instar -
June 16, 2014 - 3 mm long
Emerged June 15, 2014
#1 First Instar - June
16, 2014 - 3 mm long
Emerged June 15, 2014
#2 Second Instar
- 19 June 2014 - 5 mm
#2 Third Instar - 26
June 2014 - 14 mm
#1 Molted to Fourth
Instar - 25 June 2014
Photo on 26 June 2014 - 22 mm long
#1 Molted to Fourth
Instar - 25 June 2014
Photo on 26 June 2014 - 22 mm long
Molted to Fifth
Instar - 29 June 2014
Photo on 29 June 2014 - 25 mm long
Molted to Fifth
Instar - 29 June 2014
Photo on 29 June 2014 - 25 mm long
Molted to Fifth
Instar - 29 June 2014
Photo on 29 June 2014
Larva feeding on Lomatium graveolens
Shows eyes and markings on front of head
July 3, 2014
July 6, 2014
- Liquid Purged
Prepupa
- 6 July
2014
This Pupa
formed 4:30 P.M. 7 July 2014 - 28 mm
Length range of pupae was from 28 to 31 mm
This Pupa
formed 4:30 P.M. 7 July 2014 - 28 mm
Length range of pupae was from 28 to 31 mm
Head Cases
from first molt to last
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Fifth Instar with
stripes and dots - Provo Peak -© Wayne Whaley
Provo Peak -2007 -
dots, only two stripes in back of head
Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis
Jack Harry located Females 31 May 2014 in
Cache County, UT, Utah Hwy 101, 3.5 miles East of
Hyrum, elevation 4900 feet. Some of the
first instars were given to me to rear. Lomatium
graveolens used
as host plant.
First Instar - 3 - 4 days
Second Instar - 7 days
Third Instar - 5 days
Fourth Instar - 4 days
Fifth Instar - 8 - 9 days to day they
expelled excess liquid
Prepupa - 1-2 days
Pupa - overwinter as pupae
28 - 31 total days from day emerged from ova
I noticed these caterpillars used yellow/orange
osmeterium first through fourth instar when
startled. I didn't see them use this
smelly defense during the last instar.
temperatures were 77-81 °F., humidity 28-40
%
These caterpillars should be reared at low
humidity as they are known to die in wet
conditions per Jack Harry.
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Larva
Collected by Wayne Whaley July 26, 2007, Provo
Peak, Utah County, Utah
Various
coloring on these 5th instars.
Pupa Development
Collected by Dale Nielson in Cache County, Utah
2006
Pupa #1 & #2 were under winter
conditions from the end of November to March 5,
2007. On March 5, 2007, they were placed in
spring conditions and spritzed at least twice
daily. Pupa #1 eclosed 10:46 A.M. March 31, 2007.
Pupa #1
1., 2. Pupa August 08, 2006
3. Dorsal view - March 19, 2007
4. Lateral view - March 19, 2007
5. Dorsal view - March 23, 2007
6. Lateral view - March 23, 2007
7. Dorsal view - March 30, 2007
8. Lateral view - March 30, 2007
9. Dorsal View - March 31, 2007
10. Lateral view - March 31, 2008
Host Plant
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