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October 7, 2014

New Required Field: Insect-Host Plant Interaction

Field Description: Activity/Stage of Insect When Observed

Allowed Values (with explanations)
º Ovipositing (Egg laying behavior)
º Egg (Photo shows egg/eggs on host plant)
º Instar Stage # (For those specialists who are tracking specimens daily)
º Early Instar (In general - usually very small, or look or act differently when young)
º Late Instar (In general - larger, final pattern, closer to pupating)
º Larva (General caterpillar - larval stage undetermined)
º Pupa (Possible for many Skippers and some moths that don't disperse to pupate)

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