Catalog Small Grass-yellow Gallery
Male
Female
Photography by L. Hunt
Female, winter form
Senna artemisioides coriacea, a foodplant of the Small Grass-yellow
Senna artemisioides petiolaris, a foodplant of the Small Grass-yellow
Female Small Grass-yellow laying eggs on a very small plant of Senna artemisioides coriacea
Newly laid egg
Closeup of egg, near stage of hatching
Early first instar larva, head on left
Poison tipped setae near the posterior end of a first instar larva
Late first instar larva
Late second instar larva
The poison tipped setae are obvious.
Third instar larva
Fourth instar larva
Side view of fourth instar larva
Fifth instar larva
Fifth (final) instar larva near the time of pupation
Closeup of fifth instar head
Minute liquid tipped setae are also obvious on body.
Prepupa
Side view of pupa
Dorsolateral
Ventral
Different views of pupa
Pupae just before butterfly emergence
Dark coloured pupa
All photography by R. Grund unless stated otherwise.