Two-tailed  Swallowtail
Papilio  multicaudata pusillus
Immatures

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OVUM
June 13, 2006
june 13


June 14, 2006
ovum


LARAE
larva #2 a few hours after hatching
1st instar


Just after molt to 2nd instar
June 20, 2006
 2nd instar


Head just after molt to 2nd instar
June 20, 2006
heead


Side view of 2nd instar on June 23, 2006
2nd


Second Instar - Dorsal view  on June 23, 2006
2nd


Third instar just emerging from old skin - old head case still on
Third Instar, 11:12 P.M. June 25, 2006
3rd


Fourth Instar
4th

5th instar on July 5, 2006
larva

Eyespots on thorax, blue circled with green circled by yellow -  July 9, 2006 at 12:50 A.M.
eyespots


Fifth Instar
5th instar just after purging excess, reddish fluids
After purging It  began walking around seeking an appropriate place to pupate
larva

PUPAE

Pupa #1  just after forming
July 12, 2006
pupa
pupa

Pupa Development
Pupae #1 and #3 were transferred from winter to spring conditions on March 5, 2007

March 19, 2007 - Pupa #3
March 19 2007
Marcjh 19 2007


April 3, 2007 - Pupa #1 - Butterfly emerged at 11:53 A.M. the same day
Photos at 11:45 A.M.

pupa
pupa

Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis
Ova collected June 12, 2006 on Prunus virginiana by Todd Stout  at Farmington Canyon, Davis County, Utah.

Notes
These P. multicaudatus may be univoltine. They should feed for about 6-7 weeks; pupate and emerge next spring;

However, some may  develop and emerge in the fall


Host Plant
Choke Cherry- Prunus virginiana

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