N. menapia menapia Immatures Photos
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Neophasia menapia menapia Female Lays a String of Eight Eggs
Female pine white (Neophasia menapia menapia) lays a string of 8 eggs on host pinyon pine (Pinus edulis) Female collected 7 Aug 2010, Koosharem Canyon. Sevier County, Utah.
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Neophasia menapia menapia Female Lays a String of Eight Eggs
Female pine white (Neophasia menapia menapia) lays a string of 8 eggs on host pinyon pine (Pinus edulis). Close up.
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Neophasia menapia menapia String of Ova Pre-Diapause
Photo of a string of 8 Neophasia menapia menapia prediapause eggs taken a few hours after they were laid.
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Neophasia menapia menapia String of Ova Post-Diapause
Same string of eight Neophasia menapia menapia ova taken after an overwintering treatment. Five ova died and three hatched. Pine cuttings with ova were placed through the neck of bottled water; which were placed in a tub of water and mist sprayed in the refrigerator every 7-10 days for 120 days. Methodology was only partly effective. Overwintering eggs on young live tree might have been preferable.
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Neophasia menapia menapia Closeup of Two Pre-Diapause Ova
Closeup of two pre-diapause ova of Neophasia menapia menapia.
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Neophasia menapia menapia Closeup of Two Post-Diapause Ova
Photo of two post-diapause ova that are developing and close to hatching.
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N. menapia First Instar Caterpillars
Older photo taken and then scanned of young first instar larvae beginning to feed on their eggshells. Females collected 15 August 1998; Koosharem Canyon, Sevier County, Utah.
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Neophasia menapia menapia Young First Instar Caterpillar
Larva hatches from its eggshell. Eggs obtained from female collected 7 Aug 2010, Koosharem Canyon. Sevier County, Utah.
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Neophasia menapia menapia Young First Instar Caterpillars
Pine white caterpillars feed on eggshells and will soon look to set up a gregarious feeding setup on the pine needle.
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Neophasia menapia menapia Young First Instar Caterpillars
Two Pine white caterpillars gregariously initiate feeding on ponderosa pine needle.
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Neophasia menapia menapia Third Instar Larvae
Gregarious third instar larvae of the pine white gregariously surround the needle and feed in unison. Larvae obtained from live females collected 15 August 1998; Koosharem Canyon, Sevier County, Utah.
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