Na companhia de Rafaela Fixman
Second and third pictures display different focal points. Click to enlarge.
This register belongs to the Similar Observation Set coded under the number 143817000.
This post is part of the life cycle of this organism. The life cycle is incomplete, but a good portion of it has been registered. You can find additional posts belonging to this life cycle in the links below:
Pre ecdysis larva: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143816990
Eggs: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143816991
Larva after ecdysis: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143816992
Pre pupa + leaf shelter + damage done to the leaves + a slight glance at the exuvia post pupation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143816994
The pupa, at different stages of development, can also be observed in the following links:
Pupa stage 1: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143816996
Pupa stage 2: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143816995
Pupa stage 3: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143816998
Pupa stage 4 (various modifications during the same day, including pre eclosion aspects): https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143816999
Moth + pupa exuvia + meconium (liquid released by the moth post eclosion): https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143817000
This post belongs to the moth moments after eclosion occurred, also displaying the exuvia of the pupa and the meconium the moth excreted moments later. The larva that was hauled and turned into this moth walked very fast and ate an unidentified plant, on which a few eggs were also found. All hatched into the same larva, but all individuals (except for one) were released due to difficulty in acquiring the host plant's leaves. The only individual that was kept finished its life cycle and was released back into nature. The location established was for where the larva was found.
A fêmea caminhou pelo ramo da pitangueira e inspecionou com o abdômen, mas não observei oviposição.