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Meris paradoxa 2 day old larva. - Meris paradoxa
Copyright © 2012 cwmelton

Meris paradoxa 2 day old larva. - Meris paradoxa
Florida Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Size: Length 6 mm.
Hatched from eggs laid by this female

ID by local moth expert Noel McFarland.
Host plant information also provided by Noel McFarland.
Native host plant snapdragon vine, Maurandya antirrhiniflora.
Noel McFarland said it could also be reared on garden variety snapdragon, Antirrhinum majus, which is what it was reared on.

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Contributed by cwmelton on 23 January, 2012 - 11:59am

Dates?
All your caterpillar series are superb. However, they would be more valuable if the dates were included. If the conditions in which they were raised are similar to outdoors conditions, the dates can be included in the data fields; otherwise they ought to be part of the text.
Reporting on the instars of each one is probably too much to ask in most cases. But the dates or else the days elapsed since egg laying is extremely important.
I have a few life cycles, but nothing compared to yours. I am impressed.
… Beatriz Moisset, 23 January, 2012 - 7:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Dates
It is my understanding that dates should only be given for specimens in the wild. The date when the female moth was collected was given but beyond that the specimens were reared indoors. The conditions indoors are much different than outdoors at an elevation of 5,000. ft. I'm not even sure if the host plant grows through the winter. In the title I give the age of the larva since hatching.
… cwmelton, 23 January, 2012 - 8:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Oh!
Silly me! I kept looking for a date or the age of the larvae and couldn't find it. It didn't occur to me to look at the title. You did just the right thing.
… Beatriz Moisset, 23 January, 2012 - 9:11pm login or register to post comments

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