Two-Tailed Swallowtail - Great Basin ssp.,
Papilio  multicaudata multicaudata
Immatures

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LARVAE

Larva Development
Third Instar - July 30, 2007
multicaudata

Third Instar - July 30, 2007
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#1 Fourth Instar - August 03, 2007 -  just after molting
dorsal


#1 Fourth Instar - August 03, 2007 -  just after molting
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5th instar #2 - August 10, 2007
Close-up of face

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5th instar #2 - August 10, 2007
Close-ups photos of markings
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5th instar #2 - August 10, 2007
Close-ups photos of markings

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5th instar #2 - August 10, 2007
dorsal
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#2 Molted to 5th instar August 7, 2007
Photo taken August 10, 2007
lateral
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#1- 5th instar ready to walk off plant to look for suitable place to pupate
lateral - August 15, 2007
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#1- 5th instar ready to walk off plant to look for suitable place to pupate
dorsal - August 15, 2007

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Pupae
Pupa Development

#1 Pupa on August 20, 2007
pupa
pupa


#1 Pupa on September 4, 2007
pupa pupa

Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis
Todd Stout collected larvae July 28, 2007 at 6300 feet, Devil's Gate Narrows, 1.4 miles West Northwest of Johnson Pass, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah..

Larva
Photos of 3 different larvae

Pupa Development

Host Plant
Choke Cherry- Prunus virginiana

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