Utah Julia Orangetip
 Anthocharis julia  browningi
Immatures and Specimen

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Ovum

julia browningi ovum


#1 Larva Development

First Instar emerged April 28, 2006
1st

#1 First Instar 11:59 A.M April 30, 2006
2nd


#1 Second Instar - May 3, 2006
larva

#1 Larva 11:54 A.M. May 04, 2006
Just molted to 3rd Instar
86_#1 larva molt to 3rd i.s.


#1 Larva 8:24 P.M. May 5, 2006
Just molted to 4th Instar
4th


#1 Larva 5:43 P.M. May 06, 2006
Just Molted to 5th Instar
new 5th


#1 Fifth Instar 11:08 P.M. May 7, 2006
5th instar


#1 Fifth Instar  7:34 A.M.  May 08, 2006
#1 5th instar


#1 Fifth Instar  May 09, 2006
last instar


#2 last Instar 11:02 P.M. May 7, 2006
last instar


Last Instar #2 - 7:38 A.M.  May 08, 2006
738 #2  - 7


PRE-PUPA
Larva #1  Pre-Pupa  May 14, 2006
Larva #1 forming pupa on May 14, 2006


PUPAE

New Pupa - May 19, 2006


Development of Female Pupa
Larva developing after hibernation
February 09, 2006

pupa, female Anthocharis stella browningi, 02-09-06
Morning of February 10, 2006

A. stella browningi pupa - morning of 2-10-06

Pupa at 4:30, February 10, 2006
pupa at 4:30, February 10, 2006


Pupa February 11, 2006
female A. stella browningi pupa 2-11-06



Development of  Male Pupa

February 3, 2006
stella browningi pupa February 03, 2006, 8:30 p.m.
February 4, 2006
stella browningi pupa, February 4, 2006

February 5, 2006
pupa development, 9:30 A.M., February 5, 2006

February 6, 2006
pupa after eclosure


Specimen Photos
Anthocharis stella browningi specimen photos


Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis
Larva and Pupa Development
From  ova extracted by Todd Stout April 24, 2006 from Taylor Canyon - west side of the Wasatch Mountains. 1.3 miles North  Northeast of Weber State University, Weber County, Utah.  Larvae  reared on Dyer's Woad.


LARVA  #1
May 9, 2006
 Larva - left side -  on May 8, 2006. Larva - May 7, 2006
 Larva  -  May 6, 2006

 May 5, 2006
 
Canon 20D - 100mm lens plus tube extender -  1/250 -  F16 -  ISO 200 - Flash at 0. 3rd instar  by it's  old skin -
 May 4, 2006 -
Canon 20D - 100mm lens plus tube extender -  1/250 -  F16 -  ISO 200 - Flash at +1
left, right - 2nd instar larva on May 3, 2006
  left - larva on April 30, 2006
 right - larva right after eclosure from ova
Canon 20D - 100mm lens plus tube extender -  1/250 -  F16 -  ISO 200 - Flash at 0

LARVA #2
1. May 8, 2006
2. May 7, 2006
3. May 6, 2006 
Canon 20D - 100mm lens plus tube extender -  1/250 -  F16 -  ISO 200 - Flash at 0

Specimen Photos
1. Top left - male dorsal, Top right - female dorsal, bottom center - ventral, 
©Todd Stout

Name
The Type Locality of A. julia browningi is City Creek Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah; Skinner.   In both sexes, the dark markings are reduced or washed out as compared to A. julia stella.  The background color is off white with some yellowish tint which can be even more pronounced in some Cache County populations.  This subspecies is recognized by some as being a race of A. sara.  (The entire complex is under study by Stout.)  However, consistent larval differences between this subspecies, stella, and flora in contrast with sara and thoosa, likely will place browningi under the umbrella of julia. 


Host Plants
Dyer's Woad - Isatis tinctoria
Sicklepod Rockcress - Arabis  sparsiflora
Pinnate or Western Tansymustard, Descurainia pinnata

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