P. indra minori Immatures
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Papilio indra minori ovum
Egg (photographed just prior to hatching) was collected 23 May 2008; 3.6 miles NE Richardson Ampitheatre; East side UT Hwy 128; Grand County, Utah on Cymopterus terebinthinus, 4600’
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Papilio indra minori first instar larva
Caterpillar is feeding on Lomatium junceum.
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Sunset over Papilio indra minori country
What roughly appears to be an extremely pixelated picture of a sunset nestled between canyonland buttes in Papilio indra minori country is actually the photo of a segment of a fifth instar Papilio indra minori caterpillar.
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Papilio indra minori fifth instar
Soon after molting from fourth instar, the Papilio indra minori fifth instar caterpillar has black and white bands. A few days later, the white bands turn pinkish.
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Papilio indra minori fifth instar
A day or so later the whitish bands begin to take on a pinkish hue.
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Papilio indra minori second instar
Caterpillar was collected 23 May 2008; 3.6 miles NE Richardson Ampitheatre; East side UT Hwy 128; Grand County, Utah on Cymopterus terebinthinus, 4600’. All caterpillar photos hereafter are from this location near Moab, Utah. When finding young indra caterpillars in the wild, they usually are resting on the stalks up-side-down as shown in this picture.
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Papilio indra minori second instar
Closeup of previous photo.
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Papilio indra minori fourth instar caterpillar
Caterpillar just molted from third to fourth instar.
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Papilio indra minori fourth instar
Switched from natural host Cymopterus terebinthinus to lab host Lomatium graveolens.
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Papilio indra minori caterpillar feeding damage
Termed "caterpickling" by Wayne Whaley, this shows the unique larval feeding damage of indra swallowtail caterpillars on host Cymopterus terebinthinus. Understanding this visual queue, can be very helpful when looking for caterpillars in the field.
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Papilio indra minori pupa
Photo courtesy Nicky Davis. Larva fed on lab host Lomatium graveolens. I provided the larva to Nicky Davis in June, 2006 which was collected in the San Rafael Swell, Emery County, Utah.
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Papilio indra minori pupa developing
The pupa began to develop immediately and emerged soon thereafter. When using Lomatium graveolens as a lab host plant for minori, many times the pupa will skip diapause and emerge immediately as a result of the succulent nature of the plant. Photo courtesy Nicky Davis.
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Papilio indra minori adult butterfly
Emerged from the photo above. Photo courtesy Nicky Davis.
