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Six spot burnet pupation time ?

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Posted by Nick Caddick on June 19, 2006 at 5:18 AM

Does anyone know how long the paupation period for this moth is ?
I found a local colony last year but they were virtually all emerged already so i would like to capture this to complete my record of their lifecycle.

Thanks for the advice

Posted by Clive_S on June 19, 2006 at 7:16 AM

I'm sure it's temperature dependent Nick, maybe 1-3 weeks at a very rough guess.

Just did a sequence of pupation shots of Narrow - bordered 5 spot burnets yesterday, there are loads climbing up the grass stems this week to pupate!