5 th instar of P. i. minori resting in open. Another 5 th instar resting in open. While I am out searching for early stages in a known Indra Swallowtail population I will frequently enhance the butterfly's habitat by creating more oviposition sites. A plant with rocks placed around it. Aquariums on table used to rear indra larvae 5 th instars on Lomatium parryi in an aquarium Various instars on Lomatium parryi in an aquarium.
Water is replenished by refilling water bottles with a syringe.
Mature 5 th instars are placed in lunch bags for pupation, and developing pupae are taped inside a small cardboard box for eclosion. Adults' wings are allowed to harden for 48 hours in a cool, dark environment. Lunch bags containing pre-pupation wandering larvae and emergence box containing a recently eclosed adult. In order to get desert populations of Indra to emerge it is useful to artificially raise the humidity. Pupae in wet sand-filled aquarium to control humidity level.