Date: 08/07/2023

Number: 1

Individual m01, day eleven since finding egg on July 28th, larva rested all previous night in crevice of a plastic lid, 14mm long at rest, this morning its head twitched infrequently. Guessing it is stuck as it's been in that narrow crevice over thirteen hours, and after over fifteen hours went by I removed it as gently as possible and set it lying upright lying flat on a leaf, it barely moved but sure enough about twenty minutes later it molted, I had to help it get its shed skin since it was not anchored down and the skin stuck to its tail and it couldn't reach it after a handful of attempts. It resumed eating fresh leaf about four hours after molting to instar 4 and eating its shed skin, measured 15mm long at rest.

Image top frame shows fresh instar four eating its shed skin, bottom frame is instar three the previous evening as it stopped eating and began exploring for a place to hide and molt.

Room temperature 74F, varying from 74F to 82F.

Gulliver, MI

Latitude: 46.1 Longitude: -86.1

Observed by: James
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