Ovum on July 07, 2007

Ovum shows development on July 08, 2007

First Instar - July 12, 2007

Second Instar - July 17, 2007

Second Instar - July 22, 2007

Third Instar - July 29, 2007

August 12, 2007
lateral view of Fourth Instar #1 that hatched July 12, 2007

August 14, 2007 - A larva
with
variation in markings
two dark dots on back of the head

Second view of variant
with dark dots on the head

August 15, 2007 - A larva with variation in
markings
two dark
stripes on neck area

Lateral view of Fifth Instar #1 on August
15, 2007
hatched July 12, 2007

Dorsal
view of Fifth Instar #1 on August 15, 2007
hatched July 12, 2007

Pre-Pupa - August 17, 2007

Pupa Development
Pupa #1 formed 10:45 P.M.
August
17, 2007

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Pupa #1 formed 10:45 P.M.
August
17, 2007

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Pupa #1 showing color on
the
wing
case 3:20 P.M.
August 22, 2007

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Pupa #1 8:35 P.M. August
24, 2007
Butterfly eclosed between 8:35 P.M.
on the 24th and 8 A.M. of the
25th

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Pupa #6 8:06 A.M.
August 29, 2007

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Pupa #6 8:06 A.M.
August 29,
2007

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Pupa #6 11:20 A.M. August 29, 2007
Butterfly emerged 1:05
P.M. August 29, 2007

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Pupa #6 11:20 A.M. August
29, 2007
Butterfly
emerged 1:05 P.M.
August
29, 2007

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Photo
Details - ©Nicky Davis
Female
collected by Todd Stout on
July 04, 2007 at 11,500 feet, .5 miles Northeast of Leidy Peak, Dagget
County, Utah.
Female laid 62 ova July 7th and 8th on Astragalus cicer.
Ova eclosed
July 12 - 14th. Ova were whitish, turned orange then
blackish-gray. A third of the ova didn't eclose and nine first instars
died.
Ova
eclosed in
five to seven days
1. New ovum
2. Ovum
showing development
Larvae
Photos
of larvae at different
stages of development
Pupae
Photos of pupa development
Host
Plant

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