wolf
Aurelian
Posts: 132
Country: Norway
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Post by wolf on Jul 21, 2021 8:17:03 GMT
This species is confined to bare rocky places in the southern part of Norway. Seperated from mainland Europes populations its regarded as its own subspieces, ssp. norwegica. I collected a female last year that laid eggs in captivity. The eggs took 10-12 days to hatch. The hostplant i used was Festuca ovina. Various information online say they can eat Brachypodium sp. aswell. I tried giving the larva Brachypodium pinnatum, but they did not accept this. The larva hibernated in the penultimate instar(L4). After exiting hibernation this spring they soon molted into the last instar(L5). Pupal stage lasted alittle over 2 weeks. Adults hatched in mid june, which is alittle early and most likely caused by artifical breeding conditions. The adult butterfly usually has its main flight period in July in the wild. Enjoy the pictures! Egg L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 Pupa Adult As mentioned before there are a few more pictures in high resolution over at my website Norlep. The site is aimed at showing the lifecycle of all Norwegian dayflying butterflies. Hoping to add more and more species as the seasons pass
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Post by exoticimports on Jul 22, 2021 21:11:24 GMT
Awesome photos!
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